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