Prolasius wheeleri

Commonly found in both  the  Darling  Range  and  the  Swan  coastal plain. Workers have been collected in intercept traps on Wandoo  and  Powderbark  Wandoo  trunks  at Dryandra (Heterick 2009).

Identification
Heterick (2009) - A large  medium-brown  to blackish  species  in which  the  cuticle  is  dull,  and  stout  setae  occur on  the  pronotum  and,  in  some  populations,  the mesonotum. Workers collected in  coastal  woodlands growing on white sand in the lower west coast and south-west  districts  tend  to  be  darker  and  hairier than  those  collected  in  the  thicker  forests  of  the Darling range.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Prolasius wheeleri McAreavey, 1947: 22 (w.) AUSTRALIA.
 * reticulata. Prolasius reticulata McAreavey, 1947: 22, pl. 1, figs. 14, 15 (w.) AUSTRALIA.
 * Junior synonym of wheeleri: Heterick, 2021: 18.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Heterick B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76: 1-206.
 * McAreavey J. 1947. New species of the genera Prolasius Forel and Melophorus Lubbock (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 15: 7-27.