Holcoponera moelleri var. splendens Santschi, 1929h: 450, fig. 15 (w.m.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype workers, 1 syntype male. Primary type locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina, Hammonia (H. Luederwaldt). Primary type depositories: MZSP, NHMB. Type notes: 1) Hammonia = Ibirama, Santa Catarina state. 2) Mônica Antunes Ulysséa cites 4 syntypes in MZSP: 2 workers, 2 males (MZSP0083467, MZSP0083468).