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.

Dambros et al. (2018) - Gnamptogenys moelleri  was collected via arboreal fogging in an inundated northern Pantanal (Mato Grasso, Brazil) cambarazal forest. The seasonally flooded forest was dominated by Vochysia divergens Pohl. (Vochysiaceae).

Nomenclature

 * . Holcoponera moelleri Forel, 1912c: 34 (w.q.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina, Blumenau (Moeller).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 228;
 * combination in Holcoponera: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Status as species: Mann, 1916: 404; Borgmeier, 1923: 55; Santschi, 1929h: 450 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 228; Kempf, 1972a: 113; Kempf & Lenko, 1976: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 209; Lattke, 1995: 176; Lattke, et al. 2004: 347; Lattke, et al. 2007: 258 (in key); Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Guénard & Economo, 2015: 226; Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019: 672; Camacho, et al. 2020: 454 (in key); Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Senior synonym of concinna Santschi: Lattke, 1995: 176; Wild, 2007b: 27; Lattke, et al. 2007: 258 (in key); Lattke, et al. 2008: 93; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Senior synonym of splendens: Brown, 1958g: 228; Kempf, 1972a: 113; Bolton, 1995b: 209; Lattke, 1995: 176; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Senior synonym of teffensis: Lattke, 1995: 176; Wild, 2007b: 27; Lattke, et al. 2007: 258 (in key); Lattke, et al. 2008: 93; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
 * concinna. Holcoponera teffensis var. concinna Santschi, 1929h: 450, fig. 23 (w.) GUYANA, BRAZIL (Pará).
 * Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
 * Type-localities: Guyana (“Guyane anglaise”): Kartabo, vii.-viii.1920 (W.M. Wheeler), Brazil: Pará (W.M. Mann).
 * Type-depository: NHMB (probably also in MCZC).
 * Junior synonym of teffensis: Brown, 1958g: 229, 329; Kempf, 1972a: 115; Bolton, 1995b: 208.
 * Junior synonym of moelleri: Lattke, 1995: 176; Wild, 2007b: 27; Lattke, et al. 2007: 258 (in key); Lattke, et al. 2008: 93; Camacho, et al. 2020: 454 (in key); Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * splendens. Holcoponera moelleri var. splendens Santschi, 1929h: 450, fig. 15 (w.m.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
 * Type-material: 2 syntype workers, 1 syntype male.
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina, Hammonia (Luederwaldt).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * Junior synonym of moelleri: Brown, 1958g: 228; Kempf, 1972a: 113; Bolton, 1995b: 210; Lattke, 1995: 176; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * teffensis. Holcoponera teffensis Santschi, 1929h: 449, figs. 17, 22 (w.) BRAZIL (Amazonas) (attributed to Borgmeier).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * [Note: Santschi described this taxon from a single worker. The specimen(s) in MCZC recorded by Lattke, 1995: 148, may be from the same series but are not type-material.]
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Amazonas, Tefé (Borgmeier).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * Combination in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 229;
 * combination in Holcoponera: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 229, 329; Kempf, 1972a: 115; Lattke, 1990b: 21; Brandão, 1991: 345; Bolton, 1995b: 211.
 * Junior synonym of moelleri: Lattke, 1995: 176; Wild, 2007b: 27; Lattke, et al. 2007: 258 (in key); Lattke, et al. 2008: 93; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.

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