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. Primary type specimens: MZSP0083467, MZSP0083468. Type notes: 1) Hammonia = Ibirama, Santa Catarina state. 2) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite 2 syntype workers, 2 syntype males in MZSP. The original description cites 2 syntype workers and only 1 syntype male.