Males can be distinguished from other Dinoponera by the following combination of character states: funiculus of antennae with short, thick decumbent setae; pygidial spine shorter than in Dinoponera gigantea and Dinoponera quadriceps but longer and narrower than in Dinoponera australis and Dinoponera snellingi, volsella with broad basal lobe covered in minute teeth.
There may be a possibility of character integration with Dinoponera australis in the area between the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
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Workers range from 27 to 30 mm in body length, which is slightly larger than the related species Dinoponera australis, but smaller than other large ants.
Agathis australis | Terra Australis | Muehlenbeckia australis | Dinoponera australis | A Voyage to Terra Australis | Hellinsia australis | Emex australis | Celtis australis | Amanita australis | Xanthorrhoea australis | Utricularia australis | Terra Australis. | Terminalia australis | Smilax australis | Myrsine australis | Morus australis | Livistona australis | ''Kingia australis'' | Juglans australis | Indigofera australis | Hoya australis | Haageocereus australis | Flindersia australis | Elsinoë australis | Dryococelus australis | Diploglottis australis | Dinoponera gigantea | Cyclorana australis | Cordyline australis | Baptisia australis |