Dinoponera snellingi

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Dinoponera snellingi Lenhart et al., 2013 junior synonym of current valid taxon Dinoponera grandis (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

Dinoponera snellingi Lenhart et al., 2013: 152, figs. 4D, 4I, 4N, 5B, 7, 9B, 10B, 11B, 13 (m.) BRAZIL (Mato Grosso do Sul). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype male. Primary type locality: Brazil: Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, 12.x.1989, #12404 (W.P. Mackay). Primary type depository: MZSP. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but 8.x.1989, #12359. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, WEMC.

Status as species: Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Escárraga et al., 2017: 134 (in key).
Junior synonym of Dinoponera grandis: Dias & Lattke, 2021: 22.

Citations

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. 10.5852/ejt.2021.784.1603 PDF
Escárraga, M. E.; Lattke, J. E.; Azevedo, C. O. 2017. Discovery of the Dinoponera lucida male (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a threatened giant ant from the Atlantic rain forest. Zootaxa 4347:128-136. 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.1.7 PDF
Feitosa, R. M. 2015c. Lista das formigas poneromorfas do Brasil. Pp. 95-102 in: Delabie, J. H. C.; Feitosa, R. M.; Serrão, J. E.; Mariano, C. S. F.; Majer, J. D. (eds.) 2015. As formigas poneromorfas do Brasil. Ilhéus-Bahia: Editora da UESC, 477 pp. PDF
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. PDF

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