The genus Anopheles has been subdivided into seven subgenera - Anopheles, Baimaia, Cellia, Kerteszia,Lophopodomyia, Nyssorhynchus and Stethomyia - based primarily on the number and positions of specialized setae on the gonocoxites of the male genitalia.
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.
Molecular self-assembly of nanoscale structures plays a role in the growth of the remarkable β-keratin lamellae/setae/spatulae structures used to give geckos the ability to climb walls and adhere to ceilings and rock overhangs.