taxonID	type	description	language	source
1712200B52101BAC8F570E9C8F2EDA4E.taxon	description	Worker measurements and indices. See Table 4.	en	Garcia, Francisco Hita, Fischer, Georg, Liu, Cong, Audisio, Tracy L., Economo, Evan P. (2017): Next-generation morphological character discovery and evaluation: an X-ray micro-CT enhanced revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) in the Afrotropics. ZooKeys 693: 33-93, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012
1712200B52101BAC8F570E9C8F2EDA4E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named in honour of Barack Hussein Obama, the 44 th President of the United States of America. We want to acknowledge his important efforts undertaken for the conservation of fragile natural habitats around the globe. Also, the type locality of Z. obamai is geographically close to the hometown of Obama ' s paternal family in Western Kenya.	en	Garcia, Francisco Hita, Fischer, Georg, Liu, Cong, Audisio, Tracy L., Economo, Evan P. (2017): Next-generation morphological character discovery and evaluation: an X-ray micro-CT enhanced revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) in the Afrotropics. ZooKeys 693: 33-93, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012
1712200B52101BAC8F570E9C8F2EDA4E.taxon	distribution	Distribution and biology. Zasphinctus obamai is only known from the type locality, the Kakamega Forest in Western Kenya, which is a tropical equatorial rainforest. Despite a thorough ant inventory (Hita Garcia et al. 2009), Z. obamai was only sampled four times making it one of the rarest ant species of the Kakamega Forest. It was only found in the leaf litter layer of primary or near-primary forest habitats. Considering the rarity of this species in the type locality it is possible that it might also be encountered in other rainforest localities westwards of Kakamega, but eluded collections in the past. However, presently, Z. obamai appears to be endemic to this one forest.	en	Garcia, Francisco Hita, Fischer, Georg, Liu, Cong, Audisio, Tracy L., Economo, Evan P. (2017): Next-generation morphological character discovery and evaluation: an X-ray micro-CT enhanced revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) in the Afrotropics. ZooKeys 693: 33-93, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012
E9FEA6A869D4C693B0F86518471438BB.taxon	description	Worker measurements and indices (N = 11). See Table 4.	en	Garcia, Francisco Hita, Fischer, Georg, Liu, Cong, Audisio, Tracy L., Economo, Evan P. (2017): Next-generation morphological character discovery and evaluation: an X-ray micro-CT enhanced revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) in the Afrotropics. ZooKeys 693: 33-93, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012
E9FEA6A869D4C693B0F86518471438BB.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name of the new species is a patronym in honour of the famous Nigerian writer, environmentalist, and human rights activist Kenule Beeson " Ken " Saro-Wiwa. By naming a species from threatened rainforest habitats after him, we want to acknowledge his environmental legacy and draw attention to the often-problematic conservation situation in most Afrotropical rainforests.	en	Garcia, Francisco Hita, Fischer, Georg, Liu, Cong, Audisio, Tracy L., Economo, Evan P. (2017): Next-generation morphological character discovery and evaluation: an X-ray micro-CT enhanced revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) in the Afrotropics. ZooKeys 693: 33-93, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012
E9FEA6A869D4C693B0F86518471438BB.taxon	distribution	Distribution and biology. The new species has a comparatively wide distribution ranging from Ivory Coast to Uganda, even though it is not known from all countries in-between. However, this is likely based on a sampling artefact considering the rarity of Zasphinctus in general and the poor sampling in most African countries. Therefore, we expect future collections in all countries in-between. All samples are from rainforest habitats at elevations from 250 to 1510 m. Based on the available collection data, the species lives in soil and leaf litter.	en	Garcia, Francisco Hita, Fischer, Georg, Liu, Cong, Audisio, Tracy L., Economo, Evan P. (2017): Next-generation morphological character discovery and evaluation: an X-ray micro-CT enhanced revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) in the Afrotropics. ZooKeys 693: 33-93, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012
D4F6234476C676AAF2367FB22906D39C.taxon	description	Worker measurements and indices (N = 1). See Table 4.	en	Garcia, Francisco Hita, Fischer, Georg, Liu, Cong, Audisio, Tracy L., Economo, Evan P. (2017): Next-generation morphological character discovery and evaluation: an X-ray micro-CT enhanced revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) in the Afrotropics. ZooKeys 693: 33-93, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012
D4F6234476C676AAF2367FB22906D39C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This new species is dedicated to the renowned scientist, author, and conservationist Edward O. Wilson from Harvard University in honour of his more than six decades of accomplishments to the fields of myrmecology, sociobiology, biodiversity, and conservation.	en	Garcia, Francisco Hita, Fischer, Georg, Liu, Cong, Audisio, Tracy L., Economo, Evan P. (2017): Next-generation morphological character discovery and evaluation: an X-ray micro-CT enhanced revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) in the Afrotropics. ZooKeys 693: 33-93, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012
D4F6234476C676AAF2367FB22906D39C.taxon	distribution	Distribution and biology. Currently, Z. wilsoni is only known from its type locality, the Gorongosa National Park where it was collected in the leaf litter of a secondary dry forest. Considering how generally undersampled south-eastern Africa is, it is likely that Z. wilsoni might be encountered in other woodland localities in Mozambique, Tanzania, or Zimbabwe.	en	Garcia, Francisco Hita, Fischer, Georg, Liu, Cong, Audisio, Tracy L., Economo, Evan P. (2017): Next-generation morphological character discovery and evaluation: an X-ray micro-CT enhanced revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) in the Afrotropics. ZooKeys 693: 33-93, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.13012
