Zasphinctus imbecilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Dorylinae
Genus: Zasphinctus
Species: Zasphinctus imbecilis

Name

Zasphinctus imbecilis (Forel, 1907: 272)

• Type locality: Australia: Western Australia, Stat. 99, Lion Mill.
• Syntypes: ANIC, MHNG, MHNG, workers, 1905 (W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer).

Synonymy

• Sphinctomyrmex froggatti subsp. imbecilis Forel, 1907: 272 [org. comb.]
  • Sphinctomyrmex (Sphinctomyrmex) froggatti imbecilis (Forel): Emery, 1911: 7 [comb. n.]
  • Eusphinctus (Nothosphinctus) imbecilis (Forel): Wheeler, 1918: 235 [comb. n.; status as species]
  • Sphinctomyrmex imbecilis (Forel): Brown, 1975: 33 [comb. n.]
  • Zasphinctus imbecilis (Forel): Borowiec, 2016: 243 [comb. n.]
• Zasphinctus brunnicornis (Clark, 1930) [syn. by Brown, 1975: 33]
• Zasphinctus fulvidus (Clark, 1924) [syn. by Brown, 1975: 33]
• Zasphinctus manni (Wheeler, 1918) [syn. by Brown, 1975: 33]
• Zasphinctus silaceus (Clark, 1924) [syn. by Brown, 1975: 33]

Native distribution areas

Australasia (Western Australia).

References

Primary references

• Forel, A. 1907: Formicidae. Pp. 263–310 in: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Vol. 1. Jena: G. Fischer. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 272]
• Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427. Reference page.  [comb. n.: p. 243]