Dinoponera snellingi explained

Dinoponera snellingi (named after Roy Snelling) is a queenless species of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. The species is known only from type locality in Campo Grande, Brazil.

In 2021, the species name was demoted to a synonym of Dinoponera grandis.[1]

Description

Workers are unknown.

Male specimens of this species are distinct in several respects. The combination of a bicolored body and head possessing bulging compound eyes and ocelli is unique to this species. More definitive is the shape of the aedeagus which possesses a large ventral lobe and finger-like serrated flange. The short broad digitus volsellaris with finely toothed basal lobe is distinctive, as well as the paramere shape.

Notes and References

  1. Dias . Amanda Martins . Lattke . John Edwin . 2021-12-21 . Large ants are not easy – the taxonomy of Dinoponera Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) . en . 1–66 . 10.5852/ejt.2021.784.1603 . 2118-9773 . 2024-03-12 . European Journal of Taxonomy.