• [First available use of Dinoponera grandis mutica quadriceps Santschi, 1921g; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
• Borgmeier, 1937b: 227 (m.); Dias & Lattke, 2021 54 (m.)
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Borgmeier, 1923: 102; Borgmeier, 1937b: 226.
• Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 97; Kempf, 1975c: 344; Brandão, 1991: 340; Bolton, 1995b: 171; Lenhart et al., 2013: 149 (redescription); Bezděčková et al., 2015: 123; Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Escárraga et al., 2017: 134 (in key); Dias & Lattke, 2021: 50 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Dinoponera opaca: Kempf, 1975c: 344; Brandão, 1991: 340; Bolton, 1995b: 171; Lenhart et al., 2013: 149; Dias & Lattke, 2021: 50.

Junior synonyms

• Dinoponera opaca Kempf, 1971

Citations

• Bezděčková, K.; Bezděčka, P.; Machar, I. 2015. A checklist of the ants of Peru. Zootaxa 4020:101-133. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borgmeier, T. 1923. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 24:33-103.
• 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
• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. 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
• 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
• Kempf, W. W. 1971. A preliminary review of the ponerine ant genus Dinoponera Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 14:369-394. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1975c. Miscellaneous studies on neotropical ants. VI. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 18:341-380. 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