Zasphinctus hirsutus

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Zasphinctus hirsutus (Clark, 1929) junior synonym of current valid taxon Zasphinctus steinheili (Forel, 1900)

Eusphinctus hirsutus Clark, 1929b: 118, pl. 1, figs. 1, 2 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria). Australasia.

Primary type information: Type-material: 60 syntype workers, 5 syntype ergatoid queens. Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, East Gippsland, Cann River, 26.xi.-8.xii.1928, riverbank (J. Clark). Type-depository: MVMA.

Junior synonym of Zasphinctus steinheili: Brown, 1975: 33; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 51; Taylor, 1987a: 74; Bolton, 1995b: 392.

Obsolete combinations

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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. PDF
Clark, J. 1929b. Results of a collecting trip to the Cann River, East Gippsland. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 46:115-123. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.

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