Zasphinctus steinheili

Distribution
This taxon was described from Australia.

Nomenclature

 * fallax. Sphinctomyrmex (Eusphinctus) fallax Forel, 1900b: 73 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of steinheili: Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 225.
 *  steinheili. Sphinctomyrmex (Eusphinctus) steinheili Forel, 1900b: 72 (q., not w. as stated; see Clark, 1925a: 62) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 225 (w.l.); Wheeler, G.C. 1950: 104 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 348 (k.). Combination in Eusphinctus (Eusphinctus): Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 225; in Sphinctomyrmex: Brown, 1975: 33. Senior synonym of fallax: Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 225; of fulvipes, hedwigae, hirsutus: Brown, 1975: 33. See also: Wilson, 1958c: 136; Buschinger, Peeters & Crozier, 1990: 287.
 * hedwigae. Sphinctomyrmex (Eusphinctus) fallax subsp. hedwigae Forel, 1910b: 21 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Subspecies of steinheili: Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 228. Junior synonym of steinheili: Brown, 1975: 33.
 * hirsutus. Eusphinctus hirsutus Clark, 1929: 118, pl. 1, figs. 1, 2 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of steinheili: Brown, 1975: 33.
 * fulvipes. Eusphinctus fulvipes Clark, 1934c: 49, pl. 4, fig. 1 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of steinheili: Brown, 1975: 33.

Sphinctomyrmex fallax type material

Syntype workers from Mackay, Queensland (2 in, ).

Sphinctomyrmex steinheili type material

Syntype workers from Mackay, Queensland (2 in, 1 worker (as queen) in , ).

Sphinctomyrmex fallax hedwigae type material

Syntype workers from New South Wales (5 workers in, ).

Eusphinctus hirsutus type material

Syntype workers and queen(s) from Cann River, Victoria (13 workers in, worker(s) and queen(s) in ).

Eusphinctus fulvipes type material

Syntype worker(s) and queen(S) from Gellibrand, Victoria (.

Additional References

 * 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.
 * [[Media:Buschinger Peeters Crozier 1990.pdf|Buschinger, A., Peeters, C. & Crozier, R.H. 1990. Life-pattern studies on an Australian Sphinctomyrmex: functional polygyny, brood periodicity and raiding behavior. Psyche 96 (1989): 287-300. [1990.] PDF]]
 * Clark, J. (1925). The ants of Victoria. Part I. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne). 42: 58–64.
 * Clark, J. (1929). Results of a collecting trip to the Cann River, East Gippsland. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne). 46: 115–123.
 * Clark, J. (1934). Ants from the Otway Ranges. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 8: 48–73.
 * Forel, A. (1900). Ponerinae et Dorylinae d'Australie récoltés par MM. Turner, Froggatt, Nugent, Chase, Rothney, J.-J. Walker, etc. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 44: 54–77.
 * Forel, A. (1910). Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 18: 1–94.
 * Wheeler, W. M. (1918). The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 53: 215–265.