Holcoponera regularis

Holcoponera regularis
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Holcoponera striatula)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Holcoponera
Species:	Holcoponera regularis Santschi, 1929

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Holcoponera striatula.

Nomenclature

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

• regularis. Holcoponera regularis Santschi, 1929d: 275 (w.) BRAZIL (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro).
  • Type-material: 7 syntype workers.
  • Type-localities: 4 workers Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Passo Quatro (Zikan), 1 worker Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Petropolis (no collector’s name), 2 workers Brazil: Paraná, Cascatinha (Borgmeier).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • [Note: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 128, records the 4 Passo Quatro specimens in NHMB; location of remainder unknown.]
  • [Also described as new by Santschi, 1929h: 457.]
  • [Junior secondary homonym of Gnamptogenys regularis Mayr, 1870b: 965.]
  • Replacement name: Holcoponera regularis var. arcuata Santschi, 1929h: 457.
  • [Note: arcuata junior synonym of regularis Santschi (synonymy by Brown, 1958g: 227, 327); hence arcuata first available replacement name.]

References

• Camacho, G.P., Franco, W., Branstetter, M.G., Pie, M.R., Longino, J.T., Schultz, T.R., Feitosa, R.M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among Ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(1): 5; 1–20 (doi:10.1093/isd/ixab026).