Zasphinctus duchaussoyi

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Zasphinctus duchaussoyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Zasphinctus
Species: Z. duchaussoyi
Binomial name
Zasphinctus duchaussoyi
(André, 1905)

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -21.3° to -27.05°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Elevation Range

Occurrence at collecting sites during elevational surveys of rainforest in the Eungella region, Queensland, Australia (Burwell et al., 2020).
Species Elevation (m asl)
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Shading indicates the bands of elevation where species was recorded.
Numbers are the percentage of total samples containing this species.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • duchaussoyi. Eusphinctus duchaussoyi André, 1905: 205 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype ergatoid queens (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Sydney (A. Duchaussoy).
    • Type-depositories: MHNG, MNHN, MSNG.
    • Combination in Sphinctomyrmex (Eusphinctus): Emery, 1911d: 7;
    • combination in Eusphinctus (Eusphinctus): Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 229;
    • combination in Sphinctomyrmex: Brown, 1975: 33;
    • combination in Zasphinctus: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 243.
    • Subspecies of steinheili: Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 229.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 7; Brown, 1975: 33, 79; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 50; Taylor, 1987a: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 392.
    • Senior synonym of hackeri: Brown, 1975: 33; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 50; Taylor, 1987a: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 392.
    • Distribution: Australia.
  • hackeri. Eusphinctus (Eusphinctus) hackeri Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 229, fig. 3 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
    • Type-material: 6 syntype workers, 2 syntype ergatoid queens.
    • Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Bribie I., nr Brisbane (H. Hacker).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • Junior synonym of duchaussoyi: Brown, 1975: 33; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 50; Taylor, 1987a: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 392.

Type Material

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Brown W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1): 1-115.