Dinoponera gigantea

Dinoponera gigantea

Taxonavigation

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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

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Dinoponera gigantea (Perty, 1833: 135)

Synonymy

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

References

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Primary references

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  • 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

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  • 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