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Zasphinctus clarus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Zasphinctus |
| Species: | Z. clarus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zasphinctus clarus (Forel, 1893)
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Syntype of Sphinctomyrmex clarus. Worker. Specimen code casent0907034. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- clarus. Cerapachys emeryi r. clarus Forel, 1893d: 462 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory).
- Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Australia: NW Australia, Adelaide River (J.J. Walker).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in Sphinctomyrmex: Forel, 1902h: 537;
- combination in S. (Sphinctomyrmex): Emery, 1911d: 7;
- combination in Eusphinctus (Nothosphinctus): Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 235;
- combination in Sphinctomyrmex: Brown, 1975: 33
- combination in Zasphinctus: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 243.
- Status as species: Forel, 1900b: 72; Emery, 1911d: 7; Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 235; Brown, 1975: 33; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 50; Taylor, 1987a: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 392.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, worker(s), Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
Description
References
- 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. 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 33, Combination in Sphinctomyrmex)
- Forel, A. 1893f. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 454-466 (page 462, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1900b. Ponerinae et Dorylinae d'Australie récoltés par MM. Turner, Froggatt, Nugent, Chase, Rothney, J.-J. Walker, etc. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 44: 54-77 (page 72, raised to species)
- Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548 (page 537, Combination in Sphinctomyrmex)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1918a. The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 53: 215-265 (page 235, Combination in Eusphinctus (Nothosphinctus))