Zasphinctus

Zasphinctus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. The genus is a pantropical and distinctive group, originally described by Wheeler (1918) based on "Sphinctomyrmex" turneri collected in Queensland, Australia.[1] Zasphinctus was first described as a subgenus of "Eusphinctus", and then synonymized into Sphinctomyrmex, to later be raised to full genus status by Borowiec (2016),[1][2] who included approximately 20 species in the new genus circumscription.[3]

Zasphinctus
Zasphinctus imbecilis worker from Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Zasphinctus
Wheeler, 1918
Type species
Sphinctomyrmex stali
Forel, 1900
Diversity[1]
23 species
Synonyms

Eusphinctus (Zasphinctus) Wheeler, 1918

Species
  • Zasphinctus asper (Brown, 1975)
  • Zasphinctus caledonicus (Wilson, 1957)
  • Zasphinctus cedaris (Forel, 1915)
  • Zasphinctus chariensis (Santschi, 1915)
  • Zasphinctus clarus (Forel, 1893)
  • Zasphinctus cribratus (Emery, 1897)
  • Zasphinctus duchaussoyi (Andre, 1905)
  • Zasphinctus emeryi (Forel, 1893)
  • Zasphinctus froggatti (Forel, 1900)
  • Zasphinctus imbecilis (Forel, 1907)
  • Zasphinctus marcoyi (Feitosa et al. 2011)
  • Zasphinctus mjobergi (Forel, 1915)
  • Zasphinctus myops (Forel, 1895)
  • Zasphinctus nigricans (Clark, 1926)
  • Zasphinctus obamai Hita Garcia, 2017
  • Zasphinctus occidentalis ((Clark, 1923)
  • Zasphinctus rufiventris (Santschi, 1915)
  • Zasphinctus sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017
  • Zasphinctus septtrionalis (Crawley, 1925)
  • Zasphinctus siamensis (Jaitrong, 2016)
  • Zasphinctus steinheili (Forel, 1900)
  • Zasphinctus trux (Brown, 1975)
  • Zasphinctus turneri (Forel, 1900)
  • Zasphinctus wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017

References
  1. Bolton, B. (2021). "Zasphinctus". AntCat. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  2. Borowiec, M. (2016). "Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". ZooKeys (608): 1–280. doi:10.3897/zookeys.608.9427. PMC 4982377. PMID 27559303.
  3. "Genus: Zasphinctus". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 3 June 2021.


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