Nesolasius

Nesolasius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Plagiolepidini
Genus:	Nesolasius Wheeler, W.M., 1935
Type species
Pseudolasius typhlops

This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pseudolasius.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• NESOLASIUS [junior synonym of Pseudolasius]
  • Nesolasius Wheeler, W.M. 1935b: 50 [as subgenus of Pseudolasius]. Type-species: Pseudolasius (Nesolasius) typhlops, by original designation.
  • Nesolasius junior synonym of Pseudolasius: Bolton, 1994: 50.

References

• Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 50, Nesolasius as junior synonym of Pseudolasius)
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 106, Nesolasius as junior synonym of Pseudolasius)
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp. (page 183, Nesolasius as junior synonym of Pseudolasius (provisional))
• Wheeler, W. M. 1935b. New ants from the Philippines. Psyche (Camb.) 42: 38-52 (page 50, Nesolasius as subgenus of Pseudolasius)