• Prolasius in Camponotinae: Forel, 1892c: 331 [Camponotidae].
• Prolasius in Camponotinae, Melophorini: Forel, 1917: 248.
• Prolasius in Formicinae, Lasius genus group: Agosti, 1991: 296.
• Prolasius in Formicinae, Lasiini: Bolton, 2003: 22, 99.
• Prolasius in Formicinae, Melophorini: Wheeler, 1922: 695; Emery, 1925d: 13; Wheeler, 1935c: 71; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 687; McAreavey, 1947: 9; subsequent authors; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 44; Ward et al., 2016: 347.
• Prolasius as subgenus of Lasius: Forel, 1892c: 331; Dalla Torre, 1893: 181; Wheeler, 1910a: 143
• Prolasius as subgenus of Melophorus: Forel, 1917: 248; Emery, 1925d: 13; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 687.
• Prolasius as genus: Wheeler, 1922: 695; Clark, 1934c: 66; Wheeler, 1935c: 71; McAreavey, 1947: 9; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 142; Taylor, 1987a: 65; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 44; Shattuck, 1999: 110; Bolton, 2003: 22, 99; Heterick, 2009: 111.

Obsolete classifications

• Lasius (Prolasius)
• Melophorus (Prolasius)

Citations

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