Holcoponera regularis

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Holcoponera regularis Santschi, 1929 homonym replaced by Holcoponera arcuata Santschi, 1929

Holcoponera regularis Santschi, 1929d: 275 (w.) BRAZIL (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 7 syntype workers. Primary type localities: 4 workers Brazil: Minas Gerais, Passo Quatro (J.F. Zikan), 1 worker Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Petropolis (T. Borgmeier), 2 workers Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Cascatinha (T. Borgmeier). Primary type depository: NHMB, MZSP. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 128, cites 4 worker syntypes in NHMB (Passo Quatro series).

[Also described as new by Santschi, 1929h: 457.]
[Junior secondary homonym of Gnamptogenys regularis Mayr, 1870b.]
Replacement name: Holcoponera arcuata Santschi, 1929h.
[Note: Holcoponera arcuata junior synonym of Holcoponera regularis Santschi, 1929d (synonymy by Brown, 1958g: 227, 327); hence Holcoponera arcuata first available replacement name.]

Obsolete combinations

Gnamptogenys regularis

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
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
Santschi, F. 1929d. Nouvelles fourmis de la République Argentine et du Brésil. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 107:273-316. PDF
Santschi, F. 1929h. Révision du genre Holcoponera Mayr. Zoologischer Anzeiger 82:437-477. PDF

Extant: 0 valid subspecies (1 obsolete combination)

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