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Genus: Forelius   Emery, 1888 

Classification:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

Extant: 18 valid species

Forelius Emery, 1888d PDF: 389. Type-species: Iridomyrmex mccooki, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Forelius in Dolichoderidae: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 384.
Genus Forelius references
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 168 (catalogue); Emery, 1913a PDF: 35 (diagnosis, catalogue); Gallardo, 1916b PDF: 74 (Argentina species key); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 343 (North America species, review); Kusnezov, 1957e PDF: 16 (Neotropical species key); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 108, 160 (Neotropical Forelius, Neoforelius catalogues); Smith, 1979: 1419 (North America catalogue); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 56 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 344 (catalogue); Shattuck, 1992c PDF: 87 (diagnosis, review of genus); Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 91 (catalogue); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1049 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 190 (catalogue); Cuezzo, 2000 PDF: 197 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 227 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key); Guerrero & Fernández, 2008 PDF: 58 (addition to key); Cantone, 2017 PDF: 117 (brief male diagnosis); Guerrero, 2019 PDF: 710 (Colombia species key).

Taxon Page Images:



Forelius pruinosus brood nest with eggs and young larvae. Mojave National Preserve, California, USA.
Image © Alex Wild. // Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Argentina, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, United States
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Nearctic, Neotropical
  Native biogeographic regions (according to species list records):
    Nearctic, Neotropical

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Forelius   Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 24, (download) 24 21367
Forelius   Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68: 26, (download) 26 21008
Forelius   Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 24, (download) 24 21367
Forelius   Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55: 24, (download) 24 21367
Forelius   Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68: 9, (download) 9 21008


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