''Forelius bahianus'' is a species of

ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...

in the genus ''

Forelius ''Forelius'' is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus is known from southern United States to Argentina. Species *'' Forelius albiventris'' Forel, 1912 *'' Forelius andinus'' Kusnezov, 1957 *'' Forelius bahianus' ...

''. Described by Cuezzo in 2000, the species is endemic to

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

.Cuezzo, F. 2000. Revisión del género ''Forelius'' (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). ''Sociobiology'' 35: 197-275 (page 227, Figs. 12, 35 worker, queen described)

References

Dolichoderinae Hymenoptera of South America Insects described in 2000 {{Dolichoderinae-stub