Род Sphinctomyrmex включает около 20 видов (ITISCA, Bolton, 1994, 1995) и относится к подсемейству Cerapachyinae. Афротропика, Индомалайя, Австралия и юго-восток Бразилии. Охотятся на других муравьв.
Род Sphinctomyrmex Mayr, 1866 был описан по типовому виду Sphinctomyrmex stali Mayr 1866.
Размеры мелкие, варьируют (TL 2.04–4.64 мм). Усики 12-члениковые. Окраска тела от желтой до черной, обычно красновато-коричневая, с более светлыми придатками.
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Таксономия рода Sphinctomyrmex (по Bolton, 2003)
- Sphinctomyrmex Mayr, 1866b: 895. Type-species: Sphinctomyrmex stali, by monotypy.
- Sphinctomyrmex in Dorylidae: Mayr, 1866b: 895; Forel, 1878: 365 (footnote).
- Sphinctomyrmex Ponerinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 16.
- Sphinctomyrmex in Dorylinae, Cerapachyini: Emery, 1895j: 765; Emery, 1901a: 34.
- Sphinctomyrmex in Dorylinae, Dorylini: Ashmead, 1905b: 381; Ashmead, 1906: 27.
- Sphinctomyrmex in Ponerinae, Cerapachyini: Forel, 1893a: 162; Forel, 1895b: 116; Forel, 1900d: 328; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 137; Emery, 1911d: 6; Forel, 1917: 239; Brown, 1975: 18; Snelling, 1981: 389; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79; Holldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10.
- Sphinctomyrmex in Cerapachyinae, Cerapachyini: Wheeler, 1902d: 185; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 638; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 727; Kempf, 1972a: 241; Bolton, 1990a: 67; Bolton, 1990c: 1357; Jaffe, 1993: 9; Bolton, 1994: 19; all subsequent authors.
Синонимия рода Sphinctomyrmex (по Bolton, 2003)
=Eusphinctus Emery, 1893a: cclxxv. Type-species: Eusphinctus furcatus, by monotypy.
- Eusphinctus in Cerapachyinae, Cerapachyini: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 639; Donisthorpe, 1943f: 645.
- Eusphinctus as subgenus of Sphinctomyrmex: Emery, 1895k: 456; Forel, 1900d: 328; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 137; Emery, 1911d: 7; Forel, 1917: 239.
- Eusphinctus as genus: Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 219; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 639.
- Eusphinctus as junior synonym of Sphinctomyrmex: Brown, 1973b: 180 [provisional]; Brown, 1975: 31; all subsequent authors.
=Nothosphinctus Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 219 [as subgenus of Eusphinctus]. Type-species: Sphinctomyrmex froggatti, by subsequent designation of Donisthorpe, 1943f: 675.
- Nothosphinctus as subgenus of Eusphinctus: Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 219; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 639.
- Nothosphinctus as junior synonym of Sphinctomyrmex: Brown, 1973b: 183 [provisional]; Brown, 1975: 31; all subsequent authors.
=Zasphinctus Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 219 [as subgenus of Eusphinctus]. Type-species: Sphinctomyrmex turneri, by monotypy.
- Zasphinctus as subgenus of Eusphinctus: Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 219; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 639.
- Zasphinctus as junior synonym of Sphinctomyrmex: Brown, 1973b: 185 [provisional]; Brown, 1975: 31; all subsequent authors.
=Aethiopopone Santschi, 1930a: 49. Type-species: Sphinctomyrmex rufiventris, by monotypy.
- Aethiopopone in Cerapachyinae, Cerapachyini: Donisthorpe, 1943f: 620.
- Aethiopopone as junior synonym of Sphinctomyrmex: Bolton, 1973a: 341; Brown, 1975: 31; all subsequent authors.
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