Zasphinctus emeryi

Zasphinctus emeryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Zasphinctus
Species:	Z. emeryi
Binomial name
Zasphinctus emeryi (Forel, 1893) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Sphinctomyrmex perstictus Brown, 1975

Described from a worker collected at Baudin Island on the northern fringe of the SWBP.

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Zasphinctus of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• emeryi. Cerapachys emeryi Forel, 1893d: 461 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: NW Australia, Baudin I. (J.J. Walker).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in Sphinctomyrmex: Emery, 1895k: 456;
  • combination in S. (Sphinctomyrmex): Emery, 1911d: 7;
  • combination in Eusphinctus (Nothosphinctus): Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 235;
  • combination in Zasphinctus: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 243.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 7; Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 235; Bolton, 1995b: 392; Heterick, 2009: 131.
  • Senior synonym of perstictus (unnecessary replacement name): Bolton, 1995b: 392.
  • Distribution: Australia.
• perstictus. Sphinctomyrmex perstictus Brown, 1975: 33.
  • Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 51; Taylor, 1987a: 73.
  • Unnecessary replacement name for, hence junior synonym of, emeryi: Bolton, 1995b: 392.

Type Material

• Cerapachys emeryi Forel, 1893: Syntype, workers, Baudin Island, Western Australia, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.

References

• Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1-280 (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427).
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 392, senior synonym of persictus (unnecessary replacement name): new synonymy)
• 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.
• Emery, C. 1895m. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXIII. Formiche di Birmania del Tenasserim e dei Monti Carin raccolte da L. Fea. Parte II. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 34[=(2(14): 450-483 (page 456, Combination in Sphinctomyrmex)
• Forel, A. 1893f. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 454-466 (page 461, worker described)
• Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76:1-206.
• Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
• Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1918a. The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 53: 215-265 (page 235, Combination in Eusphinctus (Nothosphinctus))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Taylor R. W. 1987. 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.