+PROLASIUS Forel
(Formicinae: Melophorini)

Prolasius nitidissimus (Andr_, 1896 Ref.4079): 255 - Worker; Type locality: Victorian Alps [37/146], Victoria (Formica nitidissima) (Current Combination: Wheeler; 1935a Ref.1871: 71) (Other Combination(s): Melophorus nitidissimus (Forel; 1902b Ref.689: 483)).

= niger Clark, 1934c Ref.297: 68 - Worker; Type locality: Beech Forest [38/143], Victoria (Synonymy: Taylor; 1992 Ref.4106: 65)

= similis McAreavey, 1947 Ref.3009: 23 - Worker; Type locality: Mt Kosciusko [36/148], New South Wales (Prolasius depressiceps similis) (Synonymy: Taylor; 1992 Ref.4106: 65).

Reference(s)

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Clark, J. 1934c. 1934 297 Ants from the Otway Ranges. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 8: 48-73 pl 4.
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Forel, A. 1902b. 1902 689 Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10: 405-548.
1871
Wheeler, W.M. 1935a. 1935 1871 Myrmecological notes. Psyche (Cambridge) 42: 68-72.
3009
McAreavey, J.J. 1947. 1947 3009 New species of the genera Prolasius Forel and Melophorus Lubbock (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 15: 7-27 pl 1 ( x. 1947).
4079
Andr_, E. 1896. 1896 4079 Fourmis nouvelles d'Asie et d'Australie. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 15: 251-265. (xi. 1896).
4106
Taylor, R.W. 1992. 1992 4106 The nomenclature and distribution of some Australian and New Guinean ants of the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 31: 57-69.