Holcoponera epinotalis

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Holcoponera epinotalis (Emery, 1897) valid

Rhopalopone epinotalis Emery, 1897d: 550 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: queen Papua New Guinea: Paumomu River (L. Loria), worker locality not stated. Primary type depositories: HNHM, MSNG. Type notes: Also described as new by Emery, 1900b: 331 (4 worker, 1 queen syntypes), who cites queen locality as above, workers Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): Seleo I., nr Berlinhafen (= Aitepe) (L. Biró).

[Rhopalopone epinotalis Emery, 1897: 550. Nomen nudum.]
Combination in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 228
Combination in Holcoponera Mayr, 1887: Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 35; Wheeler, 1924c: 242 (in key); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 26; Brown, 1958g: 228, 302; Bolton, 1995b: 209; Lattke, 2004: 167 (redescription); Camacho et al., 2022: 11.

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Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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
Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Emery, C. 1897. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XVIII. Formiche raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Dott. Lamberto Loria. Dummy reference. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 38[=(2)18]:546-594.
Emery, C. 1897d. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XVIII. Formiche raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Dott. Lamberto Loria. [part]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 38[=(2)18]:546-576. PDF
Emery, C. 1900b. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23:310-338. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Lattke, J. E. 2004. A taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the ant genus Gnamptogenys Roger in Southeast Asia and Australasia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). University of California Publications in Entomology 122:1-266. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1924c. Ants of Krakatau and other islands in the Sunda Strait. Treubia 5:239-258. PDF

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