Dinomyrmex Ashmead 1905

Ward, Philip S., Blaimer, Bonnie B. & Fisher, Brian L., 2016, A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex, Zootaxa 4072 (3), pp. 343-357 : 355

Dinomyrmex Ashmead 1905 stat. rev.

Type species: Formica gigas , by original designation.

Based on its phylogenetic position, as a lineage separate from both Camponotus and Colobopsis , and sister to all other camponotines except Opisthopsis and Colobopsis , Dinomyrmex is here resurrected as a genus. This generates the following revived combinations: gigas , gigas borneensis.

Dinomyrmex is a distinctive camponotine, confined to southeast Asia, and recognized by the combination of very large size (HW 3.25–5.35), elongate antennae and legs, and the presence of a metapleural gland. The species also has characteristic mandibular dentition, with teeth occurring on both the masticatory and basal margins of the mandible ( Emery 1925).