• Combination in Holcoponera Mayr, 1887: Emery, 1911e: 40; Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
• Subspecies of Holcoponera simplex: Forel, 1909a: 242; Emery, 1911e: 40; Santschi, 1929h: 462 (redescription).
• Junior synonym of Holcoponera simplex: Brown, 1956d: 490; Brown, 1958g: 300.
• Junior synonym of Holcoponera strigata: Kempf & Brown, 1968: 90; Kempf, 1972b: 115; Bolton, 1995b: 211; Lattke, 1995: 187; Camacho et al., 2022: 11.

Obsolete combinations

• Ectatomma simplex spurium
• Gnamptogenys simplex spuria

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. 1956d. Notes on the ant genus Holcoponera Mayr, with descriptions of two new species. Insectes Sociaux 3:489-497. PDF
• 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
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1908c. Fourmis de Costa-Rica récoltées par M. Paul Biolley. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 44:35-72. PDF
• Forel, A. 1909a. Ameisen aus Guatemala usw., Paraguay und Argentinien (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909:239-269. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Kempf, W. W.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1968. Report on some Neotropical ant studies. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 22:89-102. PDF
• Lattke, J. E. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Gnamptogenys in the New World (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 4:137-193. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1929h. Révision du genre Holcoponera Mayr. Zoologischer Anzeiger 82:437-477. PDF