Prolasius
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Prolasius advena | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Melophorini |
Genus: | Prolasius Forel, 1892 |
Type species | |
Formica advena, now Prolasius advena | |
Diversity | |
20 species (Species Checklist) |
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Based on Ward et al. 2016. |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution and Richness based on AntMaps
Biology
Castes
Worker of P. nitidissimus from Tasmania.
Morphology
Worker Morphology
• Antennal segment count 12 • Antennal club gradual • Palp formula 6,4 • Total dental count 5-6 • Spur formula 1 simple, 1 simple • Eyes present • Scrobes absent • Sting absent (from literature)
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- PROLASIUS [Formicinae: Lasiini]
- Prolasius Forel, 1892c: 331 [as subgenus of Lasius]. Type-species: Formica advena, by monotypy.
- Prolasius subgenus of Lasius: Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 143.
- Prolasius subgenus of Melophorus: Forel, 1917: 248; Emery, 1925b: 13.
- Prolasius raised to genus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 695; Clark, 1934c: 66; Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 71.
References
- Agosti, D. 1991. Revision of the oriental ant genus Cladomyrma, with an outline of the higher classification of the Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 293-310 PDF (page 296, Prolasius in Formicinae, Lasius genus group)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 99, Prolasius in Formicinae, Lasiini)
- Clark, J. 1934c. Ants from the Otway Ranges. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 8: 48-73 (page 66, Prolasius as genus)
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 181, Prolasius as subgenus of Lasius)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 617-688 (page 687, Prolasius in Formicinae, Melophorini; Prolasius as subgenus of Melophorus)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 13, Prolasius in Formicinae, Melophorini; Prolasius as subgenus of Melophorus)
- Forel, A. 1892c. Die Ameisen Neu-Seelands. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 8: 331-343 (page 331, Prolasius as subgenus of Lasius)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 248, Prolasius in Camponotinae, Meloporini; Prolasius as subgenus of Melophorus)
- McAreavey, J. 1947. New species of the genera Prolasius Forel and Melophorus Lubbock (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 15: 7-27 (page 9, Prolasius in Formicinae, Melophorini; Prolasius as genus)
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 142, Prolasius as genus)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 143, Prolasius as subgenus of Lasius)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 695, Prolasius as genus; Prolasius in Formicinae, Melophorini)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1935c. Myrmecological notes. Psyche (Camb.) 42: 68-72 (page 71, Prolasius in Formicinae, Melophorini; Prolasius as genus)