Prolasius scipio

Prolasius scipio (Forel, 1915) valid

Melophorus scipio Forel, 1915b: 86 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: Queensland, Bellenden Ker (E. Mjöberg). Primary type depository: unknown (Taylor & Brown, 1985: 124) (perhaps NHRS).

Combination in Melophorus: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 124.
Combination in Prolasius: Wheeler, 1935c: 71; Heterick et al., 2017: 412.
Status as species: Emery, 1925d: 12; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 124; Taylor, 1987a: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 250; Heterick et al., 2017: 412.

Obsolete combinations

Melophorus scipio

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi 9(16):1-119. PDF
Heterick, B. E.; Castalanelli, M.; Shattuck, S. O. 2017. Revision of the ant genus Melophorus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 700:1-420. 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784 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.
Wheeler, W. M. 1935c. Myrmecological notes. Psyche (Cambridge) 42:68-72. PDF