Disjunct distribution in northern South America, Panama, and Costa Rica; Caribbean islands; southwestern United States. Costa Rica: Atlantic lowlands.
foreli. Rogeria foreli Emery, 1894c: 191 (w.) ANTILLES. [Previously referred to as Tetramorium foreli Emery by Forel, 1893g: 383. Nomen nudum.] Kugler, C. 1994: 71 (q.). Senior synonym of gaigei, huachucana: Kugler, C. 1994: 71.
Kugler, C. 1994. Revision of the ant genus Rogeria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with descriptions of the sting apparatus. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 3:17-89.