Prolasius hemiflavus

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Prolasius hemiflavus Clark, 1934 valid

Prolasius hemiflavus Clark, 1934c: 68, pl. 4, figs. 28, 29 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “very common”), 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Australia: Victoria, Otway Ranges, Beech Forest, (Turton’s Track, nr Mt Sabine (1812 ft)), i.1932 (J. Clark). Primary type depositories: ANIC, MVMA. Type notes: Taylor, 1992a: 66, cites 3 worker syntypes in ANIC.

Status as species: McAreavey, 1947: 18 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 143; Taylor, 1987a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 368; Heterick, 2009: 111.

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
Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206. 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. 1992a. 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. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.

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