Prolasius Forel, 1892 valid masculine
Prolasius Forel, 1892c: 331 [as subgenus of Lasius] Type-species: Formica advena (obsolete combination of Prolasius advena), by monotypy.
Obsolete classifications
Genus Prolasius catalogues

Dalla Torre, 1893: 181 (as part of Lasius); Emery, 1925d: 13 (Melophorus (Prolasius)); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 142 (Australia); Taylor, 1987a: 65 (Australia, New Zealand); Bolton, 1995b: 368.

Genus Prolasius references

Emery, 1925d: 13 (Melophorus (Prolasius) diagnosis); McAreavey, 1947: 9 (diagnosis, all species key); Bolton, 1994: 50 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1052 (census); Shattuck, 1999: 110 (Australia synopsis); Heterick, 2009: 111 (south-western Australia species key); Cantone, 2017: 172 (brief male diagnosis); Heterick, 2021: 141 (Western Australia species key).

Citations

Extant: 19 valid species (5 synonyms, 1 homonym, 5 unavailable misspellings), 0 valid subspecies (2 synonyms, 1 obsolete combination)