• Zasphinctus in Dorylinae: Borowiec, 2016: 237.
• Zasphinctus as subgenus of Eusphinctus: Wheeler, 1918a: 219; Wheeler, 1922: 639; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 737.
• Zasphinctus as junior synonym of Sphinctomyrmex: Brown, 1973b: 185 [provisional]; Brown, 1975: 31; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 50; Bolton, 2003: 142.
• Zasphinctus as genus: Borowiec, 2016: 237.
• Zasphinctus as senior synonym of Aethiopopone: Borowiec, 2016: 237.
• Zasphinctus as senior synonym of Nothosphinctus: Borowiec, 2016: 237.

Junior synonyms

• Aethiopopone Santschi, 1930
• Nothosphinctus Wheeler, 1918
  Obsolete classification(s): Eusphinctus (Nothosphinctus)

Obsolete classifications

• Eusphinctus (Zasphinctus)

Citations

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