Species Zasphinctus steinheili (Forel, 1900)

Museums

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• Sphinctomyrmex (Eusphinctus) steinheili Forel, A. 1900. Ponerinae et Dorylinae d'Australie récoltées par MM. Turner, Froggatt, Nugent, Chase, Rothney, J.J. Walker, etc. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 44: 54-77 [72].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH W, Mackay, QLD; ANIC W, Mackay, QLD.
• Sphinctomyrmex (Eusphinctus) fallax Forel, A. 1900. Ponerinae et Dorylinae d'Australie récoltées par MM. Turner, Froggatt, Nugent, Chase, Rothney, J.J. Walker, etc. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 44: 54-77 [73].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH W, Mackay, QLD; ANIC W, Mackay, QLD.
• Sphinctomyrmex (Eusphinctus) fallax hedwigae Forel, A. 1910. Formicides australiens reçus de M. M. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18: 1-94 [22].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH W, NSW; ANIC W, NSW.
• Eusphinctus hirsutus Clark, J. 1929. Results of a collecting trip to the Cann River, East Gippsland. Victorian Naturalist 46: 115-123 [4 Oct. 1929] [118].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV *W,Q, Cann River, VIC.
• Eusphinctus fulvipes Clark, J. 1934. Ants from the Otway Ranges. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 8: 48-73 [49 pl. 4].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV *W,Q, Gellibrand, VIC.

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 steinheili (Forel, 1900).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil.

History of changes