Classification: | Kingdom: Animalia | Phylum: Arthropoda | Class: Insecta | Order: Hymenoptera | Family: Formicidae | Genus: Odontomachus |

There is another genus of Trap-jaw Ant, Anochetus that looks very similar to the ant in the genus, Odontomachus. The way to differentiate the two can be found in the myrmecos website.