''Forelius brasiliensis'' 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 Forel in 198 the species is endemic to

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

.Cuezzo, F. 2000. Revisión del género ''Forelius'' (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). ''Sociobiology'' 35: 197-275 (page 231, queen, male described)

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* Dolichoderinae Hymenoptera of South America Insects described in 1908 {{Dolichoderinae-stub