Species Zasphinctus imbecilis (Forel, 1907)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sphinctomyrmex froggatti imbecilis Forel, A. 1907. Formicidae. pp. 263–310 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 1. [272].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH W, Lion Mill, WA; ANIC W, Lion Mill, WA.
• Eusphinctus (Nothosphinctus) manni Wheeler, W.M. 1918. The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 53: 213-265 [236].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCZ *W,Q, Leura in the Blue Mts., NSW.
• Eusphinctus (Nothosphinctus) fulvidus Clark, J. 1924. Australian Formicidae. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 10: 75-89 pls. VI-VII [Date published 30 Apr. 1924] [75].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV *W,Q, Mundaring, WA.
• Eusphinctus (Nothosphinctus) silaceus Clark, J. 1924. Australian Formicidae. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 10: 75-89 pls. VI-VII [Date published 30 Apr. 1924] [77].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV *W, Armadale, WA.
• Eusphinctus (Nothosphinctus) brunnicornis Clark, J. 1930. New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 43: 2-25 [30 Aug. 1930] [2].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV *W, Collie, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brown, W.L. jr 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5: 1-116 [33]

Generic Combinations

• Zasphinctus imbecilis (Forel, 1907).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil.

History of changes