• Holcoponera Mayr, 1887 in Ponerinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 23.
• Holcoponera Mayr, 1887 in Pachycondylinae, Ectatommini: Ashmead, 1905c: 382.
• Holcoponera Mayr, 1887 in Ponerinae, Ectatommini: Emery, 1895l: 767; Emery, 1911e: 40; Forel, 1917: 236; Gallardo, 1918c: 21; Wheeler, 1922: 643; subsequent authors.
• Holcoponera Mayr, 1887 in Ectatomminae, Ectatommini: Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
• Holcoponera Mayr, 1887 as subgenus of Ectatomma: Mayr, 1887: 540; Dalla Torre, 1893: 23; Emery, 1895l: 767; Forel, 1895b: 113; Wheeler, 1910a: 135.
• Holcoponera Mayr, 1887 as junior synonym of Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 211; Kempf, 1972b: 111; Smith, 1979: 1337; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 31; Bolton, 2003: 174.
• Holcoponera Mayr, 1887 as genus: Emery, 1896g: 43; Emery, 1902a: 181; Ashmead, 1905c: 382; Emery, 1911e: 40; Wheeler, 1913a: 79; Forel, 1917: 236; Gallardo, 1918c: 21; Wheeler, 1922: 643; Borgmeier, 1923: 55; Santschi, 1929h: 437; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 651; Brown, 1956d: 489; Kusnezov, 1956a: 14; Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
• Holcoponera Mayr, 1887 as senior synonym of Mictoponera: Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
• Holcoponera Mayr, 1887 as senior synonym of Rhopalopone: Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
• Holcoponera Mayr, 1887 as senior synonym of Spaniopone: Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
• Holcoponera Mayr, 1887 as senior synonym of Wheeleripone: Camacho et al., 2022: 11.

Junior synonyms

• Mictoponera Forel, 1901
• Rhopalopone Emery, 1897
• Spaniopone Wheeler & Mann, 1914
• Wheeleripone Mann, 1919

Obsolete classifications

• Ectatomma (Holcoponera)

Citations

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