Zasphinctus trux

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Zasphinctus trux (Brown, 1975) valid

Sphinctomyrmex trux Brown, 1975: 77, figs. 2, 101, 102, 105-113 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland). Australasia.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Australia: N Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Ravenshoe, 3000 ft, iv.1932 (P.J. Darlington). Type-depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 21 paratype workers. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, MHNG.

Combination in Zasphinctus: Borowiec, 2016: 243
Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 52; Taylor, 1987a: 74; Bolton, 1995b: 392.

Obsolete combinations

Sphinctomyrmex trux

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borowiec, M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608:1-280. 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427 PDF
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. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1987a. 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. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.

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