Holcoponera acuta

Found in low to premontane jungles.

Identification
A member of the porcata subgroup (in the striatula species group). Similar to Gnamptogenys striatula; four to six transverse costulae on anterior pronotal face, rest of mesosoma with longitudinal costulae; longitudinal costulae on anterior face of postpetiole; body dark brown to black, legs brown. (Lattke 1995)

Key to New World Gnamptogenys Species

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

Nomenclature

 *  acuta. Holcoponera acuta Brown, 1956b: 491, fig. 1 (w.q.m.) BOLIVIA. Combination in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 227.