Zasphinctus turneri

Zasphinctus turneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Zasphinctus
Species:	Z. turneri
Binomial name
Zasphinctus turneri (Forel, 1900) Specimen labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.08333° to -24.61667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

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.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Male (alate). Specimen code casent0172969. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Male (alate). Specimen code casent0173067. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Worker. Specimen code casent0173068. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• turneri. Sphinctomyrmex turneri Forel, 1900b: 70 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Mackay (Turner).
  • Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
  • Combination in S. (Sphinctomyrmex): Emery, 1911d: 7;
  • combination in Eusphinctus (Zasphinctus): Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 231;
  • combination in Sphinctomyrmex: Brown, 1975: 33;
  • combination in Zasphinctus: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 243.
  • Status as species: Forel, 1910b: 21; Emery, 1911d: 7; Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 231 (redescription); Brown, 1975: 33; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 52; Taylor, 1987a: 74; Bolton, 1995b: 392.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Syntype, 1 worker, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Syntype, 1 worker, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Syntype, worker(s), Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.

References

• 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. 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 70, worker described)

• Wheeler, W. M. 1918a. The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 53: 215-265 (page 231, Combination in Eusphinctus (Zasphinctus))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• 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): 1-115.
• CSIRO Collection