Holcoponera mina

Found in leaf litter and earth samples from humid forests.

Identification
A member of the haytiana complex (in the strigata subgroup of the striatula species group). Mandibular dorsum smooth and shining and apex of scapes surpassing the vertexal margin; declivitous propodeal face flat and separated from the dorsal face by a sharp angle; propodeal spiracles elevated at the apex of cylindrical tubercles. A series from near Kavanayen show very sharply defined costulate with fine vermiculation in contrast with the glazed and effaced aspect of other series. (Lattke 1995)

Key to New World Gnamptogenys Species

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

Nomenclature

 *  mina. Holcoponera mina Brown, 1956b: 494, fig. 2 (w.q.) BOLIVIA. Combination in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 228.