• Combination in Holcoponera: Emery, 1911e: 40; Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
• Subspecies of Holcoponera curtula: Emery, 1911e: 40; Forel, 1912d: 33; Borgmeier, 1923: 55.
• Subspecies of Holcoponera brasiliensis: Santschi, 1929h: 456 (redescription).
• Junior synonym of Holcoponera striatula: Brown, 1958g: 229; Kempf, 1972b: 115; Bolton, 1995b: 210; Lattke, 1995: 186; Camacho et al., 2022: 11.

Obsolete combinations

• Ectatomma curtulum paulina
• Gnamptogenys curtula paulina

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borgmeier, T. 1923. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 24:33-103.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:173-362. PDF
• Camacho, G. P.; Franco, W.; Branstetter, M. G.; Pie, M. R.; Longino, J. T.; Schultz, T. R.; Feitosa, R. M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): a new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 5:1-20. 10.1093/isd/ixab026 PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1908. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 58:340-418. PDF
• Forel, A. 1912d. Formicides néotropiques. Part I. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 56:28-49. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Lattke, J. E. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Gnamptogenys in the New World (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 4:137-193. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1929h. Révision du genre Holcoponera Mayr. Zoologischer Anzeiger 82:437-477. PDF