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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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Prolasius
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Prolasius niger
Prolasius
niger
Clark, 1934
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Prolasius nitidissimus
(André, 1896)
Prolasius niger
Clark, 1934c
: 68, pl. 4, fig. 30 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria). Australasia.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Australia: Victoria, Otway Ranges, nr Mt Sabine, Turton’s Track, Beech Forest, i.1932 (
J. Clark
). Primary type depository:
MVMA
.
Status as species:
Taylor & Brown, 1985
: 143;
Taylor, 1987a
: 65.
Junior synonym of
Prolasius nitidissimus
:
Taylor, 1992a
: 65;
Bolton, 1995b
: 369.
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.
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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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