Prolasius abruptus

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Prolasius abruptus Clark, 1934 valid

Prolasius abruptus Clark, 1934c: 66, pl. 4, fig. 25 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Australia: Victoria, Otway Ranges, Gellibrand, i.1932 (J. Clark). Primary type depository: MVMA. Type notes: No indication of number of specimens is given.

Status as species: McAreavey, 1947: 19 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 142; Taylor, 1987a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 368.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Clark, J. 1934c. Ants from the Otway Ranges. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 8:48-73. PDF
McAreavey, J. 1947. New species of the genera Prolasius Forel and Melophorus Lubbock (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 15:7-27. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.

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