Key to Dinoponera males

Key to males of Dinoponera based on Dias & Lattke (2021). Got workers? See the key to Dinoponera workers.

For detailed images of genitalia see Tozetto & Lattke (2020).

1

 * Antenna without long hairs (fig. 10A). Anteroventral corner of volsella projecting ventrally Dinoponera grandis (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay)
 * Antenna with long suberect to erect hairs, clearly longer than maximum scape diameter (fig. 10B). Anteroventral corner of volsella bidentate
 * Antenna with thick and stiff decumbent hairs, usually shorter than maximum scape diameter (fig. 10C). Anteroventral corner of volsella projecting anteriorly

2

 * Notaulus slightly impressed on mesoscutum (fig. 11A). Penisvalva ending in rounded apex. Gaster with sparse suberect long hairs Dinoponera gigantea (north of Brazil, Colombia and Peru)
 * Notaulus absent (fig. 11B). Penisvalva ending in a subacute apex. Gaster without long hairs Dinoponera quadriceps (northeast of Brazil)

3

 * Abdominal tergite VIII triangular, with a very sharp apex (fig. 12A). Penisvalva ending in a posteroventral lobe Dinoponera lucida (east of Brazil)
 * Abdominal tergite VIII spiniform (fig. 12B). Penisvalva without a posteroventral lobe

4

 * Penisvalva in lateral view with a rounded apex; anteroventral corner with a long and very sharp spine Dinoponera morphospecies 1 (northwest of Brazil)
 * Penisvalva in lateral view with a wedge-shaped apex; anteroventral corner with a tooth Dinoponera longipes (northwest of Brazil, Colombia and Peru)