Zasphinctus emeryi

Distribution
This taxon was described from Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  emeryi. Cerapachys emeryi Forel, 1893d: 461 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Sphinctomyrmex: Emery, 1895k: 456; in Eusphinctus (Nothosphinctus): Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 235. Senior synonym of perstictus (unnecessary replacement name): Bolton, 1995b: 392.
 * perstictus. Sphinctomyrmex perstictus Brown, 1975: 33. Unnecessary replacement name for, and hence junior synonym of, emeryi: Bolton, 1995b: 392.

Syntype workers from Baudin Island, Western Australia.

Additional References

 * Bolton, B. (1995). A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Univ. Press. pp. 1–504.
 * 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.
 * Emery, C. (1895). Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXIII. Formiche di Birmania del Tenasserim e dei Monti Carin raccolte da L. Fea. Parte II. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale. (2) 14]: 450–483.
 * Forel, A. (1893). Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 37: 454–466.
 * Wheeler, W. M. (1918). The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 53: 215–265.