• Wheeler, 1918a: 225 (w.l.); Wheeler, 1950: 104 (l.); Imai et al., 1977: 348 (k.).
• Combination in Eusphinctus (Eusphinctus): Wheeler, 1918a: 225.
• Combination in Sphinctomyrmex: Brown, 1975: 33.
• Combination in Zasphinctus: Borowiec, 2016: 243.
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 7; Wheeler, 1918a: 225 (redescription); Clark, 1925a: 62; Wilson, 1958f: 136; Brown, 1975: 33, 79; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 51; Taylor, 1987a: 73; Buschinger et al., 1990: 287; Bolton, 1995b: 392.
• Senior synonym of Zasphinctus fallax: Wheeler, 1918a: 225; Clark, 1925a: 62; Brown, 1975: 33; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 51; Taylor, 1987a: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 392.
• Senior synonym of Zasphinctus fulvipes: Brown, 1975: 33; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 51; Taylor, 1987a: 74; Bolton, 1995b: 392.
• Senior synonym of Zasphinctus steinheili hedwigae: Brown, 1975: 33; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 51; Taylor, 1987a: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 392.
• Senior synonym of Zasphinctus hirsutus: Brown, 1975: 33; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 51; Taylor, 1987a: 74; Bolton, 1995b: 392.

Junior synonyms

• Zasphinctus fallax (Forel, 1900)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sphinctomyrmex fallax
• Zasphinctus fulvipes (Clark, 1934)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sphinctomyrmex fulvipes, Eusphinctus fulvipes
• Zasphinctus hirsutus (Clark, 1929)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sphinctomyrmex hirsutus, Eusphinctus hirsutus
• Zasphinctus steinheili hedwigae (Forel, 1910)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sphinctomyrmex fallax hedwigae, Zasphinctus fallax hedwigae

Obsolete combinations

• Sphinctomyrmex steinheili

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
• Buschinger, A.; Peeters, C.; Crozier, R. H. 1990 ("1989"). Life-pattern studies of an Australian Sphinctomyrmex (Formicidae: Ponerinae; Cerapachyini): functional polygyny, brood periodicity and raiding behavior. Psyche (Cambridge) 96:287-300. PDF
• Clark, J. 1925a. The ants of Victoria. Part I. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 42:58-64. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1900b. Ponerinae et Dorylinae d'Australie récoltés par MM. Turner, Froggatt, Nugent, Chase, Rothney, J.-J. Walker, etc. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 44:54-77. PDF
• Imai, H. T.; Crozier, R. H.; Taylor, R. W. 1977. Karyotype evolution in Australian ants. Chromosoma (Berlin) 59:341-393. 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.
• Wheeler, G. C. 1950. Ant larvae of the subfamily Cerapachyinae. Psyche (Cambridge) 57:102-113. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1918a. The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 53:215-265. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 1958f. Observations on the behavior of the cerapachyine ants. Insectes Sociaux 5:129-140. PDF