Holcoponera strigata

A dweller of wet montane transandean forests, commonly taken in leaf litter samples.

Identification
Roughly costate; anterior postpetiolar surface fairly flat and with 3-4 transverse costae; abundant long, subdecumbent and suberect hairs on body. Aside from aspects covered by Kempf & Brown (1968), other characters that a vary are the size of the propodeal spiracle, costulation of the propodeal declivity and the shape of the node. (Lattke 1995)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Suriname.

Nomenclature

 *  strigata. Polyrhachis strigata Norton, 1868c: 4 (w.) MEXICO. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1964b: 450 (l.). Combination in Ectatomma (Holcoponera): Emery, 1892b: 167; in Holcoponera: Emery, 1911d: 41; in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 229. Senior synonym of concentrica: Dalla Torre, 1893: 26; Emery, 1896g: 44 (in key); of simplex (and its junior synonyms foreli, satzgeri, spurium): Kempf & Brown, 1968: 90. See also: Lattke, 1995: 187.
 * satzgeri. Ectatomma (Holcoponera) satzgeri Forel, 1908b: 39 (w.q.) COSTA RICA. Combination in Holcoponera: Emery, 1911d: 40. Subspecies of simplex: Santschi, 1929h: 461. Junior synonym of simplex: Brown, 1956b: 490.
 * 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.
 * spurium. Ectatomma (Holcoponera) simplex subsp. spurium Forel, 1908b: 39 (w.) GUATEMALA. Combination in Holcoponera: Emery, 1911d: 40. Junior synonym of simplex: Brown, 1956b: 490.
 * concentrica. Gnamptogenys concentrica Mayr, 1870b: 964 (w.) MEXICO. Combination in Ectatomma (Holcoponera): Mayr, 1887: 540. Junior synonym of strigata: Dalla Torre, 1893: 26; Emery, 1896g: 44 (in key).
 * foreli. Holcoponera simplex st. foreli Santschi, 1929h: 460, fig. 34 (w.m.) COSTA RICA. Junior synonym of simplex: Brown, 1956b: 490.