Dinoponera gigantea

Dinoponera gigantea

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Ponerinae
Tribus: Ponerini
Genus: Dinoponera
Species: Dinoponera gigantea

Name

Dinoponera gigantea (Perty, 1833: 135)

Synonymy

• Ponera gigantea Perty, 1833: 135
• Dinoponera gigantea – Roger, 1861: 38
• Dinoponera grandis (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) [syn. by Roger, 1861: 38]

References

Primary references

• Perty, M. 1833. Delectus animalium articulatorum, quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto, collegerunt Dr. J. B. Spix et Dr. C. F. Ph. de Martius. Fasc. 3. Monachii [= Munich]: published by the author, pp. 125–224. [original description: p. 135, pl. 27, fig. 3]

Additional references

• 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