Prolasius wheeleri

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Prolasius wheeleri McAreavey, 1947 valid

Prolasius wheeleri McAreavey, 1947: 22 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: Western Australia, Perth, King’s Park (W.M. Wheeler). Type depository: MVMA (perhaps also MCZC). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Type depository: MVMA (perhaps also MCZC).

Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 144; Taylor, 1987a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 369; Heterick, 2021: 10.
Senior synonym of Prolasius reticulatus: Heterick, 2021: 10.

Junior synonyms

Prolasius reticulatus McAreavey, 1947

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Heterick, B. E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 86:245 pp. 10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245 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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