Dinoponera Roger 1861
Creators: name: Mayron E Escárraga
name: John E Lattke
name: Celso O Azevedo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Dinoponera

description: Key for identification of Dinoponera males (modified from Lenhart et al. 2013)
1 Ocelli protruding on occipital margin of head............................................................... 2
- Ocelli not protruding on occipital margin of head; Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and southern Brazil ...................................................................................................... australis Emery
2 Setae on flagellum longer than the segment's width and erect................................................... 3
- Setae on flagellum absent or shorter than the segment's width, stiff and subdecumbent............................... 4
3 Digitus of the volsella with toothless lobe at distal end; Brazil, Peru, and Guiana ....................... gigantea (Perty)
- Digitus of the volsella without lobe at distal end; northeast Brazil................................ quadriceps Santschi
4 Penisvalva with distal flange and triangular ventral lobe; abdominal tergum VIII ending in short, broad, triangular angle; Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil ........................................................................... snellingi
- Penisvalva wedge-shaped in lateral view; abdominal tergum VIII ending in narrow, elongate spine or in acute, triangular angle.................................................................................................... 5
5. Abdominal tergum VIII terminating in narrow, elongate spine; Colombia south to Perú to north western Brazil .................................................................................................... longipes Emery
- Abdominal tergum VIII terminating in a very acute triangular angle (Fig. 2C); Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minhas Gerais, São Paulo .......................................................................................... lucida Emery
Material examined. BRAZIL, ESPÍRITO SANTO: Alfredo Chaves, Matilde, RPPN Oiutrem 20°33’S, 40°48’W, 600–800m, 14–21.x.2009, Malaise, C. O. Azevedo & eq. col., UFES n° 76115; Cariacica, Reserva Biológica de Duas Bocas, 28.ii.2004, R. Kawada col., UFES n° 132366; Domingos Martins, Mata Pico do Eldorado, 20°22’17’’S, 40°39’29’’W, 03–10.xii.2004, Malaise T7, Tavares, M. T. & eq. col., UFES n° 64441; Itaguaçu, Alto Lajinha, Fazenda Binda 19°48’S, 40°48’W. 22–29.ix.2008, Malaise, M. T. Tavares e eq. col., UFES n° 82138; Laranja da Terra, Joatuba—Fazenda Betzel, 280–430. 19°50’25’’S, 40°49’40’’W, 05–12.x.2012, Malaise B1, M. T. Tavares & eq. col., UFES n° 135693; Pancas, Fazenda Juliberto Stur—Área 1, 19°13’10.5’’S, 40°46’23.8’’W, 24–31.i.2003, Malaise T4, Tavares, Azevedo & eq. col., UFES n° 99293; Santa Leopoldina, Suíça. Mata 361 m. 20°04’54.6’’S 40°35’38.9’’W, 05–12.xi.2007, Malaise. C. O. Azevedo & eq. col., UFES n° 68910; Santa Teresa, Estação Biológica Santa Lúcia, 17–23.x.2011, Malaise, 30 bacias, M. T. Tavares & eq. col., UFES n° 118173.
description: Published as part of Mayron E Escárraga, John E Lattke & Celso O Azevedo, 2017, Discovery of the Dinoponera lucida male (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a threatened giant ant from the Atlantic rain forest, pp. 128-136 in Zootaxa 4347 (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/1045149