''Forelius'' is a
Neotropical
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Definition
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genus
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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 ...
s in the
subfamily
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Dolichoderinae
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.
The genus is known from southern
United States
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to
Argentina
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.
Species
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Forelius albiventris''
Forel, 1912
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Forelius andinus''
Kusnezov, 1957
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Forelius bahianus''
Cuezzo, 2000
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Forelius brasiliensis''
(Forel, 1908)
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Forelius breviscapus''
Forel, 1914
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Forelius chalybaeus''
Emery, 1906
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Forelius damiani''
Guerrero & Fernández, 2008
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Forelius grandis''
Forel, 1912
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Forelius keiferi''
Wheeler, 1934
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Forelius lilloi''
Cuezzo, 2000
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Forelius macrops''
Kusnezov, 1957
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Forelius maranhaoensis''
Cuezzo, 2000
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Forelius mccooki''
(McCook, 1880)
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Forelius nigriventris''
Forel, 1912
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Forelius pruinosus''
(Roger, 1863)
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Forelius pusillus
''Forelius pusillus'' is a species of ant in the genus ''Forelius''. Described by Santschi in 1922, the species is endemic to South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hem ...
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Santschi, 1922
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Forelius rubriceps''
Gallardo, 1916
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Forelius rufus''
Gallardo, 1916
References
External links
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Dolichoderinae
Ant genera
Hymenoptera of North America
Hymenoptera of South America
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