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Nothosphinctus
| Nothosphinctus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Nothosphinctus Wheeler, W.M., 1918 |
| Type species | |
| Sphinctomyrmex froggatti, now Zasphinctus froggatti
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Zasphinctus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- NOTHOSPHINCTUS [junior synonym of Zasphinctus]
- Nothosphinctus Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 219 [as subgenus of Eusphinctus]. Type-species: Sphinctomyrmex froggatti, by subsequent designation of Donisthorpe, 1943f: 675.
- Nothosphinctus junior synonym of Sphinctomyrmex: Brown, 1975: 31.
- Nothosphinctus junior synonym of Zasphinctus: Borowiec, 2016: 237.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 142, Nothosphinctus as junior synonym of Sphinctomyrmex )
- Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1-280 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.608.9427).
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp. (page 183, Nothosphinctus as junior synonym of Sphinctomyrmex [provisional])
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1 1: 1-115 (page 31, Nothosphinctus as junior synonym of Sphinctomyrmex )
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 617-688 (page 675, Type-species: Sphinctomyrmex froggatti, by subsequent designation)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1918a. The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 53: 215-265 (page 219, Nothosphinctus as subgenus of Eusphinctus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 639, Nothosphinctus as subgenus of Eusphinctus)