• Dinomyrmex in Camponotinae, Camponotini: Ashmead, 1905c: 384.
• Dinomyrmex in Formicinae, Camponotini: Bolton, 2003: 114; Ward et al., 2016: 345.
• Dinomyrmex as junior synonym of Camponotus: Brown, 1973b: 180 [provisional].
• Dinomyrmex as subgenus of Camponotus: Forel, 1913b: 350; Forel, 1914a: 259; Forel, 1917: 250; Emery, 1920b: 236; Arnold, 1922: 612; Wheeler, 1922: 704; Emery, 1925d: 69; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1995b: 27; Bolton, 2003: 114.
• Dinomyrmex as genus: Ward et al., 2016: 355.
• Dinomyrmex as senior synonym of Myrmogigas: Forel, 1913b: 350 (in text); Wheeler, 1913a: 81; Forel, 1914a: 259; Bolton, 1995b: 27; Bolton, 2003: 114.
• [Note: Dinomyrmex and Myrmogigas share the same type-species, synonymy is therefore absolute.]

Junior synonyms

• Myrmogigas Forel, 1912
  Obsolete classification(s): Camponotus (Myrmogigas)

Obsolete classifications

• Camponotus (Dinomyrmex)

Citations

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