• Escárraga et al., 2017: 130 (m.); Dias & Lattke, 2021: 42 (m.)
• Subspecies of Dinoponera grandis: Forel, 1907h: 1; Emery, 1911e: 63; Mann, 1916: 408; Santschi, 1921g: 84; Borgmeier, 1923: 63.
• Subspecies of Dinoponera gigantea: Borgmeier, 1937b: 226.
• Status as species: Kempf, 1971: 376 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 97; Bolton, 1995b: 171; Lenhart et al., 2013: 146 (redescription); Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Escárraga et al., 2017: 130; Dias & Lattke, 2021: 38 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Dinoponera grandis lucida

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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• Borgmeier, T. 1937b. Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas da América do Sul e Central, principalmente do Brasil (Hym. Formicidae). Archivos do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal (Rio de Janeiro) 3:217-255. PDF
• 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
• Emery, C. 1901b. Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45:32-54. PDF
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• 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
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• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
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• Mann, W. M. 1916. The Stanford Expedition to Brazil, 1911, John C. Branner, Director. The ants of Brazil. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:399-490. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1921g. Ponerinae, Dorylinae et quelques autres formicides néotropiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 54:81-103. PDF