Zasphinctus emeryi

Described from a worker collected at Baudin Island on the northern fringe of the SWBP.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Cerapachys emeryi Forel, 1893d: 461 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: NW Australia, Baudin I. (J.J. Walker).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in Sphinctomyrmex: Emery, 1895k: 456;
 * combination in S. (Sphinctomyrmex): Emery, 1911d: 7;
 * combination in Eusphinctus (Nothosphinctus): Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 235;
 * combination in Zasphinctus: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 243.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 7; Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 235; Bolton, 1995b: 392; Heterick, 2009: 131.
 * Senior synonym of perstictus (unnecessary replacement name): Bolton, 1995b: 392.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * perstictus. Sphinctomyrmex perstictus Brown, 1975: 33.
 * Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 51; Taylor, 1987a: 73.
 * Unnecessary replacement name for, hence junior synonym of, emeryi: Bolton, 1995b: 392.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Taylor R. W. 1987. 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.