Holcoponera brasiliensis paulina

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Holcoponera brasiliensis paulina (Forel, 1908) junior synonym of current valid taxon Holcoponera striatula (Mayr, 1884)

Ectatomma (Holcomyrmex) curtulum var. paulina [sic] Forel, 1908: 342 (w.) Note: Holcomyrmex is a misspelling of Holcoponera. BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Campo Bello, iv.06 (H. Lüderwaldt). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907169 (MP 6674). Type notes: 1) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table 2, supply the corrected collection details from the handwritten catalogues at MZSP: MP 6674, iv.06, Ectatomma (Holcoponera) curtulum Em. var. paulina n. var. For. (Formid.), H. Lüderwaldt, Campo Bello (Est. Rio Jan.), Forel det. 2) Original collection information: Brazil: São Paulo (H. von Ihering).

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

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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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
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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
Ulysséa, M. A.; Santos, S.; Moleiro, H. P.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Camacho, G. P. 2025. The MZSP Ant Type Collection: a complete catalogue and digital resource for global access. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3):blaf034, 17 pp. [online early] 10.1093/biolinnean/blaf034 PDF

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