Holcoponera moelleri

Epigaeic forager of mostly lowland forested areas.

Identification
A member of the striatula subgroup (in the striatula species group). Slightly roughened costulae; pronotum with concentric costulae; posterodorsal mesosomal face with longitudinal costulae; subpetiolar process subquadrate, sometimes anteriorly projecting into a lobe. (Lattke 1995)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.

Biology
DaRocha et al. (2015) studied the diversity of ants found in bromeliads of a single large tree of Erythrina, a common cocoa shade tree, at an agricultural research center in Ilhéus, Brazil. Forty-seven species of ants were found in 36 of 52 the bromeliads examined. Bromeliads with suspended soil and those that were larger had higher ant diversity. Linepithema humile was found in a single bromeliad and was associated with the suspended soil and litter of the plant.

Nomenclature

 *  moelleri. Holcoponera moelleri Forel, 1912c: 34 (w.q.) BRAZIL. Combination in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 228. Senior synonym of splendens: Brown, 1958g: 228; of teffensis (and its junior synonym concinna Santschi): Lattke, 1995: 176.
 * concinna. Holcoponera teffensis var. concinna Santschi, 1929h: 450, fig. 23 (w.) GUYANA. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of concinna Smith, F. above.] Junior synonym of teffensis: Brown, 1958g: 229.
 * splendens. Holcoponera moelleri var. splendens Santschi, 1929h: 450, fig. 15 (w.m.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of moelleri: Brown, 1958g: 228.
 * teffensis. Holcoponera teffensis Santschi, 1929h: 449, figs. 17, 22 (w.) BRAZIL (attributed to Borgmeier). Combination in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 229. Senior synonym of concinna Santschi: Brown, 1958g: 229. Junior synonym of moelleri: Lattke, 1995: 176.