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Genus: Prolasius   Forel, 1892 


Classification:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

19 species

Prolasius Forel, 1892c PDF: 331 [as subgenus of Lasius]. Type-species: Formica advena, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Prolasius in Camponotinae, Melophorini: Forel, 1917 PDF: 248.
Prolasius in Formicinae, Melophorini: Wheeler, 1922: 695; Emery, 1925d PDF: 13; Wheeler, 1935c PDF: 71; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 687; McAreavey, 1947 PDF: 9; Ward, Blaimer & Fisher, 2016 PDF: 347.
Prolasius in Formicinae, Lasius genus group: Agosti, 1991 PDF: 296.
Prolasius in Formicinae, Lasiini: Bolton, 2003 PDF: 22, 99.
Prolasius as subgenus of Lasius: Forel, 1892c PDF: 331; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 181; Wheeler, 1910a: 143.
Prolasius as subgenus of Melophorus: Forel, 1917 PDF: 248; Emery, 1925d PDF: 13; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 687.
Prolasius as genus: Wheeler, 1922: 695; Clark, 1934c PDF: 66; Wheeler, 1935c PDF: 71; McAreavey, 1947 PDF: 9; all subsequent authors.
Genus Prolasius references
Emery, 1925d PDF: 13 (Melophorus (Prolasius) diagnosis, catalogue); McAreavey, 1947 PDF: 9 (diagnosis, all species key); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 142 (Australia catalogue); Taylor, 1987a PDF: 65 (Australia, New Zealand checklist); Bolton, 1994: 50 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1052 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 368 (catalogue); Shattuck, 1999: 110 (Australia synopsis); Heterick, 2009 PDF: 111 (south-western Australia species key).

Taxon Page Images:



A Prolasius forager searches for food. Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia.
Image © Alex Wild.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)   Genus is native to: Australasia bioregion.

Australasia Region: Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Australian Capital Territory, Bay of Plenty, Morobe, New South Wales, New Zealand, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Oceania Region: Melanesia


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