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Genus: Zasphinctus   Wheeler, 1918 


Classification:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

20 species

Zasphinctus Wheeler, 1918a PDF: 219 [as subgenus of Eusphinctus]. Type-species: Sphinctomyrmex turneri, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Zasphinctus as subgenus of Eusphinctus: Wheeler, 1918a PDF: 219; Wheeler, 1922: 639.
Zasphinctus as junior synonym of Sphinctomyrmex: Brown, 1973b PDF: 185 [provisional]; Brown, 1975 PDF: 31; all subsequent authors.
Revived status as genus: Borowiec, 2016 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427 PDF: 237.
Genus Zasphinctus references:
Borowiec, 2016 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427 PDF: 237 (worker, male diagnosis)

Taxon Page Images:



Zasphinctus froggatti. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia.
Image © Alex Wild.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)   Genus is native to: Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya bioregions.

Afrotropical Region: Africa, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Kenya, Mali, Middle Africa, Moyen-Chari, Mozambique, Nigeria, Western Africa
Australasia Region: Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Australian Capital Territory, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, Western Highlands
Indomalaya Region: Asia, Chiang Mai, South-Eastern Asia, Thailand
Oceania Region: Melanesia


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