Zasphinctus occidentalis

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Zasphinctus occidentalis (Clark, 1924) valid

Eusphinctus (Eusphinctus) occidentalis Clark, 1924a: 74, fig. 1 (w.q.l.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Type-material: 360 syntype workers, 20 syntype queens. Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Mundaring (J. Clark). Type-depository: MVMA. Type notes: Numbers given by Clark in text.

Combination in Sphinctomyrmex: Brown, 1975: 33.
Combination in Zasphinctus: Borowiec, 2016: 243.
Status as species: Brown, 1975: 33; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 51; Taylor, 1987a: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 392; Heterick, 2009: 131.

Obsolete combinations

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
Clark, J. 1924a ("1923"). Australian Formicidae. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 9:72-89. PDF
Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206. 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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