Ectatomma simplex

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Ectatomma simplex
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Holcoponera strigata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Holcoponera
Species: Ectatomma simplex
Emery, 1896

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Holcoponera strigata.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • simplex. Ectatomma (Holcoponera) simplex Emery, 1896g: 46, pl. 1, fig. 7 (w.q.) COSTA RICA. Combination in Holcoponera: Emery, 1911d: 40; in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 229. Senior synonym of foreli, satzgeri, spurium: Brown, 1956b: 490. Junior synonym of strigata: Kempf & Brown, 1968: 90.

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