Prolasius depressiceps similis

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Prolasius depressiceps similis McAreavey, 1947 junior synonym of current valid taxon Prolasius nitidissimus (André, 1896)

Prolasius depressiceps var. similis McAreavey, 1947: 23 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: New South Wales, Mt Kosciusko, 1931 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MVMA. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MVMA (perhaps also MCZC). Type notes: Taylor, 1992a: 66, cites 5 worker paratypes in MVMA.

Subspecies of Prolasius depressiceps: 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.
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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