A revision of the giant Amazonian ants of the genus Dinoponera (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

2013/03/20 by Paul A. Lenhart, Shawn T. Dash, William P. Mackay · 43 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Psychology · #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Plant and animal studies #Animal and Plant Science Education #Hymenoptera #Biology #Amazonian #Range (aeronautics) #Zoology #Genus #Ecology #Amazon rainforest

paper · doi:10.3897/jhr.31.4335

published in Journal of Hymenoptera Research 31, 119-164 (Pensoft Publishers)

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Abstract

Dinoponera Roger 1861 has been revised several times. However, species limits remain questionable due to limited collection and undescribed males. We re-evaluate the species boundaries based on workers and known males. We describe the new species Dinoponera hispida from Tucuruí, Pará, Brazil and Dinoponera snellingi from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil and describe the male of Dinoponera longipes Emery 1901. Additionally, we report numerous range extensions with updated distribution maps and provide keys in English, Spanish and Portuguese for workers and known males of Dinoponera.

Citations

• Description of an injury in a human caused by a false tocandira (Dinoponera gigantea, Perty, 1833) with a revision on folkloric, pharmacological and clinical aspects of the giant ants of the genera Paraponera and Dinoponera (sub-family Ponerinae)
• Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British museum...
• Entomogenous fungi in tropical forest ecosystems: an appraisal
• Foraging ecology of the giant Amazonian ant Dinoponera gigantea (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae): activity schedule, diet and spatial foraging patterns
• Phylogeny of the Ants: Diversification in the Age of Angiosperms

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• Dinoponera gigantea [wikipedia]