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<figureCitation id="0A9504B6D8EFC24113AF56C8A2752C44" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the head in profile view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (torular-posttorular complex in semi-transparent red) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764651) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764654) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213419">5 E</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="B39F3BA69D62EE9A77BE0197751E50BE" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the head in posterior view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (occipital margin in semi-transparent red; vertexal margin in semi-transparent yellow) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764654) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213421">7 E</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="96BD26B04F92145405F10AC13E8A3CF1" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the tergum of AS II (petiole) in profile view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (tergum in semi-transparent red, laterotergite in semi-transparent yellow) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 paratype (CASENT 0764650) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213427">13 E</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="4E7203FE9CD1619FD34F25BA6A0DF8C0" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the tergum of AS VI in dorsal view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (outline of post-sclerite tergum in semi-transparent red) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Zasphinctus lolae sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764651) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 paratype (CASENT 0764650) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213431">17 E</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="406C18A743814B336D650DEDCD98EFB8" captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the sternites of AS III-VII in ventral view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (girdling constrictions with cross-ribbed sculpture are in semi-transparent red; unsculptured girdling constrictions are in semi-transparent yellow) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764651) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 paratype (CASENT 0764650) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213432">18 E</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="11F42F951874849AFDE89C4D0EC15DBE" captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Diagnostic plate showing head in full-face view of all species treated herein (stacked colour images) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 00589) C Z. lolae sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 paratype (CASENT 0764650) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213433">19 E</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="4082EC529217BF59098D18D707321BA2" captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Diagnostic plate showing full body in profile view of all species treated herein (stacked colour images) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 00589) C Z. lolae sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764654) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213434">20 E</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="7BDDD8F9794E37BED08EE94A2B1FD134" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Diagnostic plate showing full body in dorsal view of all species treated herein (stacked colour images) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 00589) C Z. lolae sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764654) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213435">21 E</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="CD81E63157FB5D9CB4BA091D24DFA9E4" captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. Shaded surface display volume renderings of 3 D models of Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) A full body in profile B full body in dorsal view C head in full-face view (with antennae) D head in full-face view (without antennae) E head in ventral view F abdominal segment II (petiole) in profile G abdominal segment II (petiole) in dorsal view H tergum of AS III in dorsal view I sternum of AS III in ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213442">28</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ENSCK" type="type material">
<paragraph id="3AE46B69DDB3614740F1EFDB94FAD944">
<heading id="0A3F53091C74503D958A155AC84DB018" reason="title">Type material examined.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AF7197AEF8A05F1E907D9756FD58244E">
<materialsCitation id="BD57B1A9D5700056B9E5A7E98B9090B9" collectedFrom="savannah" collectingDate="2018-04-01" collectingDateMax="2018-04-30" collectingDateMin="2018-04-01" collectingMethod="Winkler" collectionCode="RBINS" collectorName="A. Diallo" country="Senegal" county="Nemenick" latitude="13.0764" location="Niokolo Koba 10 Km W" longLatPrecision="5" longitude="-12.78196" municipality="Niokolo Koba NP" specimenCode="KGCOL 01883" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-worker="1" stateProvince="Kedougou" typeStatus="holotype">
<emphasis id="28A80F93783F1E3072E275EEB7D39D4F" bold="true" italics="true">
<typeStatus id="C7EC0DF0AA9AB6407C4738F0BB7E6D8B" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
• Pinned 
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, 
<collectingCountry id="DED12450EB5A2A995416EB693C774567" name="Senegal">Senegal</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingRegion id="CAB1D6ABFCC600B1DAA935937812C9DB" country="Senegal" name="Kedougou">Kedougou</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCounty id="D000165B0B3AD41BA858E99833F01A58">Neménick</collectingCounty>
, 
<location id="56B4ADDC24E0C6DE6FFEDE319A2BE1CE" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:41DA750FA9AA520B9DB84C0E4CB7A500:56B4ADDC24E0C6DE6FFEDE319A2BE1CE" country="Senegal" county="Nemenick" latitude="13.0764" longLatPrecision="5" longitude="-12.78196" municipality="Niokolo Koba NP" name="Niokolo Koba 10 Km W" stateProvince="Kedougou">Niokolo Koba 10 Km W</location>
(
<collectingMunicipality id="00DF5041DF7FB0086439D69B53FDEC87">Niokolo Koba NP</collectingMunicipality>
), 
<collectedFrom id="F32FA6C2250F3941644935765C872C3D">savannah</collectedFrom>
, 
<collectingMethod id="FDB98E41F4388C6F6BAD2BAB7093CFCF">Winkler</collectingMethod>
, 
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<geoCoordinate id="003CEFB869CC10F9DD0A212F339D5710" degrees="13.0764" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="13.0764">13.0764</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="E3AF98B97C756602E747F61D3B2E5E03" degrees="12.78196" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-12.78196">- 12.78196</geoCoordinate>
</named-content>
, collection code KG 05413, 
<date id="859AEB269BB77A30BEF90EA2ACCBB4E8" value="2018-04-01" valueMax="2018-04-30" valueMin="2018-04-01">
<collectingDate id="D55D6B1285BB4324A2EC31117E04A395" value="2018-04-01" valueMax="2018-04-30" valueMin="2018-04-01">1. - 30. IV. 2018</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<emphasis id="91A29FD9C1D2536C6EC9FB2BEBA131A7" italics="true">
<collectorName id="6F2085E5B44CD8E2E2E9FADC35F0B483">A. Diallo</collectorName>
</emphasis>
) (
<named-content id="3A07C672C646C24F9BD8A1175D98CBE2" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/royal-belgian-institute-natural-sciences" xlink_title="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium">
<collectionCode id="AE1134D30EDD38AFA3C4CDF42AA3BC4F" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" name="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences" type="Museum">RBINS</collectionCode>
</named-content>
: 
<ext-link id="4A1CE929B97A2CFA6C18D7C0BC1CCA2F" ext-link-type="uri" xlink_href="https://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?code=kgcol01883" xlink_type="simple">
<specimenCode id="8DAF69A49F3CBD648796ACBF102B6944" collectionCode="RBINS" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" name="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences" type="Museum">KGCOL 01883</specimenCode>
</ext-link>
)
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation id="F5DBB9BC17A07F679FA999113B1FBB56" collectedFrom="savannah" collectingDate="2018-04-01" collectingDateMax="2018-04-30" collectingDateMin="2018-04-01" collectingMethod="Winkler" collectionCode="CASC, KGAC, MNHNC, NHMUK, RBINS, SAMC, ZMHB" collectorName="A. Diallo" country="Senegal" county="Nemenick" latitude="13.0764" location="Niokolo Koba 10 Km W" longLatPrecision="5" longitude="-12.78196" municipality="Niokolo Koba NP" specimenCode="KGCOL 02264, KGCOL 02258, KGCOL 02259, KGCOL 02262, KGCOL 02260, KGCOL 02263, KGCOL 02261" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-worker="1" stateProvince="Kedougou" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis id="182180915FF67279DB65874EA5F00B9D" bold="true" italics="true">
<typeStatus id="0BE441A2D224238838A6C91D5A66FEAD" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
• Eight pinned 
<specimenCount id="4D5824CA71F4E07968933BF4FC8F6CB8" type="worker">workers</specimenCount>
with same data as holotype (
<named-content id="3C93E3DC2794975543311BB1C050F9EC" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/california-academy-sciences" xlink_title="California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, USA">
<collectionCode id="889173E1C7185C071AA719379676F6FB">CASC</collectionCode>
</named-content>
: 
<ext-link id="7743D0995125D66286459EB68B059749" ext-link-type="uri" xlink_href="https://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?code=kgcol02264" xlink_type="simple">
<specimenCode id="54CDCC7447EA59F20C01D82EABDC4C8D" collectionCode="CASC">KGCOL 02264</specimenCode>
</ext-link>
; 
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EZTCK" xlink_title="Kiko Gómez Abal Collection, Barcelona, Spain">
<collectionCode id="6281DC93E7CB6E19430E01CED1BDA73F">KGAC</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
: 
<ext-link id="3A91CA13D81FE7D1A968C192C7AE4320" ext-link-type="uri" xlink_href="https://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?code=kgcol02258" xlink_type="simple">
<specimenCode id="5716052F5BC5BA56175DE514A37AA86F" collectionCode="KGAC">KGCOL 02258</specimenCode>
</ext-link>
; 
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EDUCK" xlink_title="Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Lisbon, Portugal">
<collectionCode id="C77171A2AC114AAA23E49B4C365FA34C">MNHNC</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
: 
<ext-link id="6FAAC57607BE5F9E7E8C7871B04954D7" ext-link-type="uri" xlink_href="https://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?code=kgcol02259" xlink_type="simple">
<specimenCode id="65356B7D078EFED6AF03812B6B362AB9" collectionCode="MNHNC">KGCOL 02259</specimenCode>
</ext-link>
; 
<named-content id="85EBCBEFC888A0D2FE932F8058B7B17C" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/natural-history-museum-london" xlink_title="The Natural History Museum, London, UK">
<collectionCode id="306C430B3A747A01EB049A46F6860368" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" name="Natural History Museum, London" type="Museum">NHMUK</collectionCode>
</named-content>
: 
<ext-link id="A3ED8075D07FE05D5BE563BC3174A594" ext-link-type="uri" xlink_href="https://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?code=kgcol02262" xlink_type="simple">
<specimenCode id="3CF202859675DD8192C1AD7A3A5E4B94" collectionCode="NHMUK" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" name="Natural History Museum, London" type="Museum">KGCOL 02262</specimenCode>
</ext-link>
; 
<named-content id="A9C1778080D5B240A1341B2F5D9AB134" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/royal-belgian-institute-natural-sciences" xlink_title="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium">
<collectionCode id="09BB5E10418F47A11E2239CE1001C494" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" name="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences" type="Museum">RBINS</collectionCode>
</named-content>
: 
<ext-link id="0F660C9D3A32050D6D9A304EA7C472E1" ext-link-type="uri" xlink_href="https://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?code=kgcol02260" xlink_type="simple">
<specimenCode id="596A310ABE2DFDB4F5635CE463E75DA4" collectionCode="RBINS" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35271" name="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences" type="Museum">KGCOL 02260</specimenCode>
</ext-link>
; 
<named-content id="B75F7E6EC4A57DC07678315F1201744B" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/iziko-museums-cape-town" xlink_title="Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa">
<collectionCode id="0115B9EF3FADE5C472C8AA4FE343084E" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/94p5-pepz" name="Iziko Museums of Cape Town" type="Museum">SAMC</collectionCode>
</named-content>
: 
<ext-link id="A6247AA223BE1F468278537B0CE45F5D" ext-link-type="uri" xlink_href="https://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?code=kgcol02263" xlink_type="simple">
<specimenCode id="7AF70BEE80807A6A99CC42F0493E5BEA" collectionCode="SAMC" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/94p5-pepz" name="Iziko Museums of Cape Town" type="Museum">KGCOL 02263</specimenCode>
</ext-link>
; 
<named-content id="3499DAC089A84C2DD433DCE95524393F" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/museum-f%C3%BCr-naturkunde-2" xlink_title="Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany">
<collectionCode id="ADB129D8E7EC0E0465F05C191EE1F46A">ZMHB</collectionCode>
</named-content>
: 
<ext-link id="6CAD33263DE23152CC9244088B15B267" ext-link-type="uri" xlink_href="https://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?code=kgcol02261" xlink_type="simple">
<specimenCode id="DE923AF1AC349B34E7DC77842B21F04F" collectionCode="ZMHB">KGCOL 02261</specimenCode>
</ext-link>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="57DF5951A955A16E478036A457639D19">
<emphasis id="DCA0294F2B88065D097617D335923B3A" bold="true" italics="true">Cybertype</emphasis>
• Dataset of the 
<typeStatus id="D8C575C49F8765BCC5B3E2908AFA6C7A" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
(
<ext-link id="6D0D9B9FC52B189228BC4FBAB97A0F62" ext-link-type="uri" xlink_href="https://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?code=kgcol01883" xlink_type="simple">
<specimenCode id="6318BE93AF9B34510DDE711139C2E828">KGCOL 01883</specimenCode>
</ext-link>
) consists of the volumetric raw data (in DICOM format), 3 D surface model (in PLY format), still images of multiple body parts from surface volume renderings of 3 D models, stacked digital colour images illustrating head in full-face view, profile and dorsal views of the body. The data is deposited at Zenodo (
<ext-link id="970CEBA8DEE0D7A8F9C5C2F89C937969" ext-link-type="doi" xlink_href="10.5281/zenodo.12593275" xlink_type="simple">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12593275</ext-link>
) and can be freely accessed as virtual representation of the physical 
<typeStatus id="79277EF482D452E19709ABFF0E78E019" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
. In addition to the data on Zenodo, we also provide a freely accessible 3 D surface model at Sketchfab (
<ext-link id="B0A68A40C8B94D179F86CCB6C1E7DFCA" ext-link-type="uri" xlink_href="https://skfb.ly/p7MpY" xlink_type="simple">https://skfb.ly/p7MpY</ext-link>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EQWCK" type="Differential worker diagnosis">
<paragraph id="137B2DCB0EB3776F2CEDD804A7325BEB">
<heading id="535EBD15E83D0A641A5C7530A08EB05B" reason="title">Differential worker diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D84ADBB842085B92F035DC91DAF1822A">
With characters of the 
<taxonomicName id="FE23721AA43A891AD194B82316BB0617" authorityName="Hita Garcia" authorityYear="2017" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zasphinctus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sarowiwai">
<emphasis id="8CAF3E10BFFD7FDD45150D00AFC35133" italics="true">Z. sarowiwai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group plus the following: body size significantly larger (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBXCK" xlink_title="Head Length">HL</abbrev>
0.73–0.77; 
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFXCK" xlink_title="Weber’s Length of Mesosoma">WL</abbrev>
0.98–1.05); torular – posttorular complex in profile comparatively lower and funnel – shaped (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="B5E6974E078FA049C5B4976AA5C408EB" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the head in profile view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (torular-posttorular complex in semi-transparent red) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764651) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764654) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213419">5 E</figureCitation>
); vertexal margin very weak and dorsum smoothly rounding onto posterior face of head (Figs 
<figureCitation id="BE5DE5CC27D4AAA1B6C9F36BA609DA8D" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the head in posterodorsal view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (occipital margin in semi-transparent red; vertexal margin in semi-transparent yellow) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764654) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213420">6 E</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="23A25A58E46A638BD990874B4D05773F" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the head in posterior view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (occipital margin in semi-transparent red; vertexal margin in semi-transparent yellow) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764654) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213421">7 E</figureCitation>
); lateral arms of hypostomal carina strongly diverging anteriorly, relatively thick, and strongly angulate at widest points (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="4C8A25CD98CDD7D2738BFB64C8CD3109" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the head in ventral view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (hypostoma in semi-transparent red; postgenal sulcus in semi-transparent yellow; postoccipital carina in semi-transparent green) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764651) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 paratype (CASENT 0764650) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213422">8 E</figureCitation>
); postgenal sulcus weakly impressed and running halfway to occipital margin (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="4E05A0389B920AFA7EB3B870ACDBC737" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the head in ventral view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (hypostoma in semi-transparent red; postgenal sulcus in semi-transparent yellow; postoccipital carina in semi-transparent green) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764651) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 paratype (CASENT 0764650) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213422">8 E</figureCitation>
); posterodorsal margin of mesosoma continuous across its entire length (Figs 
<figureCitation id="ED8AB6FD2570B56C51D953817813C833" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the mesosoma in dorsal view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 paratype (CASENT 0764650) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213425">11 E</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="ABE12587BF212CEC28A45F6D2AE0DECE" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the mesosoma in posterior view focusing on propodeal declivity (outline of declivity in semi-transparent yellow) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764651) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 paratype (CASENT 0764650) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213426">12 E</figureCitation>
); subpetiolar process of petiole (
<collectingCountry id="26CE798F3449C3013E9BFF591575393A" name="American Samoa">AS</collectingCountry>
II) in profile only weakly thickened anterior and ventral margins, weak concavity and no conspicuous fenestra (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="037996DCDAE3641F727F999181EAEC22" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the tergum of AS II (petiole) in profile view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (tergum in semi-transparent red, laterotergite in semi-transparent yellow) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 paratype (CASENT 0764650) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213427">13 E</figureCitation>
); petiolar tergum in dorsal view relatively thicker: ~ 1.2 × broader than long (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJYCK" xlink_title="Dorsal Petiole Index: PTW / PTL × 100">DPI</abbrev>
116–123) (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="259B14956B8E13C38034E9FC31E08272" captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the tergum of AS II (petiole) in dorsal view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 00589) C Z. lolae sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 paratype (CASENT 0764650) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213428">14 E</figureCitation>
); abdominal sternum III in ventral view campaniform, comparatively broad and short, sides strongly rounded (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="9AFFF141DCFC95C2186AC76CE5F076CB" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the sternum of AS III in ventral view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (Bum in semi-transparent yellow, prora in semi-transparent red) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764651) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 paratype (CASENT 0764650) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213430">16 E</figureCitation>
); posterior end of abdominal segment III in ventral view with transverse groove weak to absent, instead with irregular groves and rugosity (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="BF8A86B017B2B781C9B3C8505C855142" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the sternum of AS III in ventral view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (Bum in semi-transparent yellow, prora in semi-transparent red) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764651) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 paratype (CASENT 0764650) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213430">16 E</figureCitation>
); prora in anteroventral view well-developed with sharply and very regularly shaped lateroventral margins (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="BB25C43794FF29592D67D3085A8AEAB1" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the sternum of AS III in ventral view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (Bum in semi-transparent yellow, prora in semi-transparent red) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764651) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 paratype (CASENT 0764650) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213430">16 E</figureCitation>
); abdominal segment VI in dorsal view moderately sized: around 1.7–1.8 × broader than long (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4YCK" xlink_title="Dorsal Abdominal Segment VI Index: A6W / A6L × 100">DA 6 I</abbrev>
168–179) (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="0C07C9841A90AD268034376773FEA8E7" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the tergum of AS VI in dorsal view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (outline of post-sclerite tergum in semi-transparent red) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Zasphinctus lolae sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764651) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 paratype (CASENT 0764650) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213431">17 E</figureCitation>
); girdling constrictions between abdominal segments IV, V, VI cross-ribbed (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="4A2AD91125E9D892DEAC906F78D44E3E" captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the sternites of AS III-VII in ventral view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (girdling constrictions with cross-ribbed sculpture are in semi-transparent red; unsculptured girdling constrictions are in semi-transparent yellow) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764651) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 paratype (CASENT 0764650) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213432">18 E</figureCitation>
); surface sculpture on cephalic dorsum and genae completely smooth and very shiny with moderately dense, deep, and moderately sized to large piliferous foveae (Figs 
<figureCitation id="38505514A85FCE05D7B034AEC47C43F8" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the head in full-face view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (torular-posttorular complex in semi-transparent red; anterior projections of parafrontal ridges in semi-transparent yellow) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764654) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213418">4 E</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="F5BFFC42F0F44D5688157DB608AA2EB5" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Diagnostic plate showing still images from surface volume renderings of the head in profile view (the remainder of the body virtually removed) (torular-posttorular complex in semi-transparent red) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764653) C Z. lolae sp. nov. paratype (CASENT 0764651) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764654) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213419">5 E</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="A76CD5272187941CE4BFAE54775674C5" captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Diagnostic plate showing head in full-face view of all species treated herein (stacked colour images) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 00589) C Z. lolae sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 paratype (CASENT 0764650) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213433">19 E</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="29DD6F8D61F7D1A770938DDB0550B6FF" captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Diagnostic plate showing full body in profile view of all species treated herein (stacked colour images) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 00589) C Z. lolae sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764654) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213434">20 E</figureCitation>
); general surface sculpture on mesosoma and metasoma almost completely smooth and very shiny with scattered, piliferous foveae (Figs 
<figureCitation id="702E7091B985915D83A7F218E0C100BE" captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Diagnostic plate showing full body in profile view of all species treated herein (stacked colour images) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 00589) C Z. lolae sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764654) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213434">20 E</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="7276ACE8A5478178A18DB0E8A611F19C" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Diagnostic plate showing full body in dorsal view of all species treated herein (stacked colour images) A Z. aprilia sp. nov. holotype (CASENT 0764763) B Z. kouakoui sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 00589) C Z. lolae sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 02270) D Z. lumumbai sp. nov. holotype (MRACFOR 0010007) E Z. ndouri sp. nov. holotype (KGCOL 01883) F Z. obamai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764125) G Z. sarowiwai Hita Garcia, 2017 holotype (CASENT 0764654) H Z. wilsoni Hita Garcia 2017 holotype (MCZ-ENT 00512764)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1213435">21 E</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EB1CK" type="description">
<paragraph id="71D2696B4B033DFABC6873C879F45541">
<heading id="87D99B83A80933355019E9C77E0D32C4" reason="title">Measurements and indices.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D704F5D5F5BD3234512BF63846F0FA55">
Morphometric data is based on 
<specimenCount id="E76066DDBB1CC6EC304E16C43E9D5780" count="8" type="worker">eight workers</specimenCount>
from 
<collectingCountry id="7DDECF17D8A70C5B17A855DB5684A44D" name="Senegal">Senegal</collectingCountry>
and can be seen in Table 
<tableCitation id="7F38747034A980298670BB283677D43C" captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Comparative data of measurements and indices used for the eight species of Afrotropical Zasphinctus (raw data is available in Suppl. material 3)." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/8548FBEC1F3F4349758B2AB18390E1E9" tableUuid="8548FBEC1F3F4349758B2AB18390E1E9">2</tableCitation>
, Suppl. material 
<xref id="A7F5F9FFEBDE0F3F53DCC3D65C559F09" ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="S3">3</xref>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EP1CK" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="073FD429947A0277DF73F3C1723B6603">
<heading id="31369E5831638FB9EDA30E75BCABC18A" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1694B7A6A288B9E07EF9DC22D8283B06">The species epithet is a Latinised noun in the genitive case, dedicated to the Senegalese activist, composer, and musician Youssou N’Dour.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EU1CK" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="B07842EA0E53760E2AD44B6F91FA1579">
<heading id="EAE14A440BC0B1EBB4A326994B204268" reason="title">Distribution and biology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D3D705295859C6FFBB02F05628668A98">
Currently, 
<taxonomicName id="2A3626CF3068A1DC2EB054A810AE1CA0" authorityName="Hita Garcia &amp; Gomez" authorityYear="2025" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zasphinctus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ndouri">
<emphasis id="50D4E68A092721431BB99B9AEB473F5A" italics="true">Z. ndouri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is only known from its type locality, the Niokolo Koba National Park in 
<collectingCountry id="52B31BD3B5EFFF1D2A554C4F149129A9" name="Senegal">Senegal</collectingCountry>
. Unlike the other species treated herein, 
<taxonomicName id="83BE747E6A175B31C4D4D5CE92B6C7AA" authorityName="Hita Garcia &amp; Gomez" authorityYear="2025" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zasphinctus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ndouri">
<emphasis id="79FD184F46C4A87A403DB03FAA9664F0" italics="true">Z. ndouri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was found in a tropical savanna habitat.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="65F24D911C3B7EC02F2BA1AC8BCBF35F">
<label id="FB0723243F1C86F8D811E42CA713A3D8">Figure 28.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8EE54B52012622804D725895DBBAB17E">
Shaded surface display volume renderings of 3 D models of 
<taxonomicName id="246AFE2DA132B11CEB1E20FB3D93929F" authorityName="Hita Garcia &amp; Gomez" authorityYear="2025" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zasphinctus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ndouri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="5D6C9A55004049731539024D9FBC8AED" italics="true">Z. ndouri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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holotype (
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<specimenCode id="2FDCF5AD77C68FBCC1CA9CB4D640E151">KGCOL 01883</specimenCode>
</ext-link>
) 
<emphasis id="8D22FF9F5BD803C305E2FA6182E672EF" bold="true">A</emphasis>
full body in profile 
<emphasis id="C40A327C84002B49F3148776F11F5B8A" bold="true">B</emphasis>
full body in dorsal view 
<emphasis id="CAFEE5692840A7046D4D329AD8A1A367" bold="true">C</emphasis>
head in full-face view (with antennae) 
<emphasis id="D0780F4770820915EF1285105FFED2A2" bold="true">D</emphasis>
head in full-face view (without antennae) 
<emphasis id="5CD979EF6498B55062A9D27FD8448AEC" bold="true">E</emphasis>
head in ventral view 
<emphasis id="936CBA22632D6152A8D82B5EA32321D2" bold="true">F</emphasis>
abdominal segment II (petiole) in profile 
<emphasis id="4BD4E1F25DEA1FC49C049F14FAB67EAB" bold="true">G</emphasis>
abdominal segment II (petiole) in dorsal view 
<emphasis id="8E92E2714AB7323FB923475C98BF0AE0" bold="true">H</emphasis>
tergum of AS III in dorsal view 
<emphasis id="FE47FD3B9C37ADDD0B37A61F8334E077" bold="true">I</emphasis>
sternum of AS III in ventral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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