''Forelius mccooki'' 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 McCook in 1880, the species is endemic to the

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and

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

, where they nest in soil surrounded by a typically small mound, and also nests under stones.Cuezzo, F. 2000. Revisión del género ''Forelius'' (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). ''Sociobiology'' 35: 197-275 (page 249)

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* Dolichoderinae Hymenoptera of North America Insects described in 1880 {{Dolichoderinae-stub