Zasphinctus
Wheeler, 1918
valid
masculine
Zasphinctus
Wheeler, 1918a:
219
[as subgenus of Eusphinctus]
Type-species:
Sphinctomyrmex turneri (obsolete combination of Zasphinctus turneri), by monotypy.
- Zasphinctus as subgenus of Eusphinctus: Wheeler, 1918a: 219; Wheeler, 1922: 639.
- Zasphinctus as junior synonym of Sphinctomyrmex: Brown, 1973b: 185 [provisional]; Brown, 1975: 31; all subsequent authors.
- Revived status as genus: Borowiec, 2016: 237.
Genus Zasphinctus references:
Borowiec, 2016: 237 (worker, male diagnosis); Hita Garcia et al., 2017: 33 (Africa new species, key to workers); Cantone, 2017: 141 (brief male diagnosis)
Citations
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Borowiec, M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608:1-280.
10.3897/zookeys.608.9427 PDF
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Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J.; Ayensu, E. S.; Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) 1973. Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp.
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123216
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Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115.
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123055
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Cantone, S. 2017. Winged ants – The male. Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the world. Behavioral ecology of mating flight. São Paulo: Autopubblicato, 318 pp.
PDF
143115
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Hita Garcia, F.; Fischer, G.; Liu, C.; Audisio, T. L.; Economo, E. P. 2017. Next-generation morphological character discovery and evaluation: an X-ray micro-CT enhanced revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) in the Afrotropics. ZooKeys 693:33-93.
10.3897/zookeys.693.13012 PDF
143079
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Wheeler, W. M. 1918a. The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 53:215-265.
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Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
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Extant: 23 valid species
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