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Dinoponera snellingi
| Dinoponera snellingi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Dinoponera grandis) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Dinoponera |
| Species: | Dinoponera snellingi Lenhart, Dash & Mackay, 2013 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Dinoponera grandis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- snellingi. Dinoponera snellingi Lenhart, et al. 2013: 152, figs. 4D, 4I, 4N, 5B, 7, 9B, 10B, 11B, 13 (m.) BRAZIL (Mato Grosso do Sul).
- Type-material: holotype male, 2 paratype males.
- Type-locality: holotype Brazil: Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, 12.x.1989, #12404 (W.P. Mackay); paratypes with same data but 8.x.1989, #12359.
- Type-depositories: MZSP (holotype); MCZC, WEMC (paratypes).
- Status as species: Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Escárraga, et al. 2017: 134 (in key).
- Junior synonym of grandis: Dias, A.M. & Lattke, 2021: 22.
References
- Dias, A.M., Lattke, J.E. 2021. Large ants are not easy – the taxonomy of Dinoponera Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 784, 1–66 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.784.1603).
- 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.
- Tozetto, L., Lattke, J.E. 2020. Revealing male genital morphology in the giant ant genus Dinoponera with geometric morphometrics. Arthropod Structure & Development 57, 100943 (doi:10.1016/j.asd.2020.100943)).