Zasphinctus caledonicus

Zasphinctus caledonicus (Wilson, 1957) valid

Sphinctomyrmex caledonicus Wilson, 1957a: 8 (w.eq.) NEW CALEDONIA. Australasia.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: holotype New Caledonia: Ciu, 300 m., 31.xii.1954, no. 225 (E.O. Wilson). Type-depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: paratype workers (number not stated, “a long series”), 1 paratype ergatoid queen. Paratype-locality: same data as holotype, and also with same data as holotype but 21.xii.1954, no. 195 (E.O. Wilson).

Combination in Zasphinctus: Borowiec, 2016: 243
Status as species: Wilson, 1958f: 136; Wilson, 1959d: 56; Brown, 1975: 32; Taylor, 1987a: 74; Bolton, 1995b: 392.

Obsolete combinations

Sphinctomyrmex caledonicus

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
Wilson, E. O. 1957a. The discovery of cerapachyine ants on New Caledonia, with the description of new species of Phyracaces and Sphinctomyrmex. Breviora 74:1-9. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1958f. Observations on the behavior of the cerapachyine ants. Insectes Sociaux 5:129-140. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1959d. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. VI. The tribe Cerapachyini. Pacific Insects 1:39-57. PDF

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