Zasphinctus silaceus

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Zasphinctus silaceus (Clark, 1924) junior synonym of current valid taxon Zasphinctus imbecilis (Forel, 1907)

Eusphinctus (Nothosphinctus) silaceus Clark, 1924a: 77, fig. 3 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a large number”). Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Armadale (J. Clark). Type-depository: MVMA.

Junior synonym of Zasphinctus imbecilis: Brown, 1975: 33; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 50; Taylor, 1987a: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 392.

Obsolete combinations

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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
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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