Dinoponera

Dinoponera quadriceps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Ponerinae
Tribus: Ponerini
Genus: Dinoponera
Species (8): D. australis – D. gigantea – D. hispida – D. longipes – D. lucida – D. mutica – D. quadriceps – D. snellingi

Name

Dinoponera Roger, 1861: 37

Type species: Ponera grandis (junior synonym of Dinoponera gigantea), by monotypy.

References

Primary references

Roger, J. 1861. Die Ponera-artigen Ameisen (Schluss). Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 5: 1–54. [original description: p. 37]

References

Escárraga, M.E., Lattke, J.E. & Azevedo, C.O. 2017. Discovery of the Dinoponera lucida male (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a threatened giant ant from the Atlantic rain forest. Zootaxa 4347(1): 128–136. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.1.7. Reference page.
Lenhart, P.A.; Dash, S.T.; Mackay, W.P. 2013: A revision of the giant Amazonian ants of the genus Dinoponera (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera research, 31: 119–164. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.31.4335

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