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Species: Forelius mccooki

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Dolichoderinae Genus: Forelius

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Iridomyrmex mccooki McCook, 1880: 187 (w.) U.S.A. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Junior synonym of Forelius foetida Buckley: Wheeler, 1901c PDF: 520 and hence first available replacement name for Formica foetida Buckley, 1866 PDF: 167.

[Junior primary homonym of Formica foetida Linnaeus, 1758 PDF: 582.].

[Iridomyrmex maccooki Forel, 1878c PDF: 382. Nomen nudum.].

Mayr, 1886d PDF: 432 (q.m.); Forel, 1886b PDF: xxxix (w.).

Combination in Forelius: Emery, 1888d PDF: 389.

Senior synonym of Forelius andrei: Smith, 1979: 1419.

See also: Cuezzo, 2000 PDF: 249; Ward, 2005 PDF: 9.

Distribution:

collected from the Chiricahua Mtns, Cochise Co.

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Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Ward, P. S., 2005:
Evidence of occasional introgression with F. pruinosus .

Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 3 times found in creosote mesquite desert, 1 times found in Oak and redshank chaparral, 1 times found in creosote-mesquite desert, 1 times found in fir-pine oak forest, 1 times found in saltbush scrub, 1 times found in Sonoran desert, 1 times found in chaparral, 1 times found in Chihuahuan desert scrub

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 3 times cookie bait in dry creek, 1 times Search, 1 times at nest on ground, 1 times off tree

Elevations: collected from 620 - 2365 meters, 1472 meters average