''Zasphinctus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
ant
Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...
s in the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
Dorylinae
Dorylinae is an ant subfamily, with distributions in both the Old World and New World. Brady ''et al.'' (2014) Synonym (taxonomy), synonymized the previous dorylomorph subfamilies (Aenictinae, Aenictogitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Ecitoninae, and Lep ...
. The genus is a
pantropical
A pantropical ("all tropics") distribution is one which covers tropical regions of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres. Examples of species include caecilians, modern sirenians and the plant genera ''Acacia'' and ''Bacopa''.
''Neotropical' ...
and distinctive group, originally described by
Wheeler (1918) based on ''"
Sphinctomyrmex
''Sphinctomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. The genus is a tropical and distinctive group, originally described by Gustav Mayr, Mayr based on a single gyne collected in Brazil. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, the genu ...
" turneri'' collected in Queensland, Australia.
''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),
who included approximately 20 species in the new genus circumscription.
Species
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Zasphinctus asper''
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Zasphinctus caledonicus''
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Zasphinctus cedaris''
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Zasphinctus chariensis''
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Zasphinctus clarus''
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Zasphinctus cribratus''
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Zasphinctus duchaussoyi''
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Zasphinctus emeryi''
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Zasphinctus froggatti''
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Zasphinctus imbecilis''
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Zasphinctus marcoyi''
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Zasphinctus mjobergi''
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Zasphinctus myops''
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Zasphinctus nigricans''
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Zasphinctus obamai''
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Zasphinctus occidentalis'' (
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Zasphinctus rufiventris''
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Zasphinctus sarowiwai''
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Zasphinctus septtrionalis''
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Zasphinctus siamensis''
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Zasphinctus steinheili''
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Zasphinctus trux''
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Zasphinctus turneri''
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Zasphinctus wilsoni''
References
Dorylinae
Ant genera
Hymenoptera of Asia
Hymenoptera of Africa
Hymenoptera of Australia
Fauna of the Pantropical realm
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