Forelius
Emery, 1888
valid
masculine
Forelius
Emery, 1888d:
389
Type-species:
Iridomyrmex mccooki (obsolete combination of Forelius mccooki), by monotypy.
- Forelius in Dolichoderinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 168 [Dolichoderinae]; Emery, 1895l: 771; Emery, 1896e: 187 [Dolichoderinae]; Forel, 1899b: 102; Wheeler, 1910a: 142.
- Forelius in Dolichoderidae: Ashmead, 1905c: 384.
- Forelius in Dolichoderinae, Tapinomini: Emery, 1913a: 35; Forel, 1917: 248; Wheeler, 1922: 690; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 645; Kempf, 1972b: 108; Smith, 1979: 1419; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 17; Brandão, 1991: 344; Jaffe, 1993: 9.
- Forelius in Dolichoderinae, Dolichoderini: Shattuck, 1992c: 87; Bolton, 1994: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 29; Bolton, 2003: 19, 88.
- Forelius in Dolichoderinae, Leptomyrmecini: Ward et al., 2010: 361.
- Forelius as genus: all authors.
- Forelius as senior synonym of Neoforelius: Shattuck, 1992c: 87; Shattuck, 1994: 91; Bolton, 1994: 26; Cuezzo, 2000: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 29; Bolton, 2003: 88.
Junior synonyms
- Neoforelius Kusnezov, 1953
Genus Forelius catalogues
Dalla Torre, 1893: 168; Emery, 1913a: 35; Smith, 1951c: 836 (North America); Kempf, 1972b: 108, 160 (Neotropical Forelius, Neoforelius); Smith, 1979: 1419 (North America); Brandão, 1991: 344; Shattuck, 1994: 91; Bolton, 1995b: 190.
Genus Forelius references
Emery, 1913a: 35 (diagnosis); Gallardo, 1916b: 74 (Argentina species key); Creighton, 1950a: 343 (Nearctic species, review); Kusnezov, 1957e: 16 (Neotropical species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 56 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Shattuck, 1992c: 87 (diagnosis, review of genus); Bolton, 1995a: 1049 (census); Cuezzo, 2000: 197 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 227 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key); Guerrero & Fernández, 2008: 58 (addition to key); Baccaro et al., 2015: 136 (genus in Brazil); Cantone, 2017: 117 (brief male diagnosis); Guerrero, 2019: 710 (Colombia species key); Guerrero, 2021: 429 (morphological traits of Neotropical Tapinoma versus Neotropical Forelius).
Citations
- Ashmead, W. H. 1905c. A skeleton of a new arrangement of the families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of the ants, or the superfamily Formicoidea. Canadian Entomologist 37:381-384. PDF
- Baccaro, F. B.; Feitosa, R. M.; Fernández, F.; Fernandes, I. O.; Izzo, T. J.; de Souza, J. L. P.; Solar, R. 2015. Guia para os gêneros de formigas do Brasil. Manaus: Editora INPA, 388 pp. 10.5281/zenodo.32912 PDF
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp.
- Bolton, B. 1995a. A taxonomic and zoogeographical census of the extant ant taxa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 29:1037-1056. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
- Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
- Cantone, S. 2017. Winged ants – The male. Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the world. Behavioral ecology of mating flight. São Paulo: Autopubblicato, 318 pp. PDF
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
- Cuezzo, F. 2000. Revisión del género Forelius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). Sociobiology 35:197-275. PDF
- Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:617-688.
- Emery, C. 1888d. Über den sogenannten Kaumagen einiger Ameisen. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 46:378-412. PDF
- Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8:685-778. PDF
- Emery, C. 1896e. Clef analytique des genres de la famille des Formicides, pour la détermination des neutres. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 40:172-189. PDF
- Emery, C. 1913a ("1912"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50. PDF
- Forel, A. 1899b. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24. PDF
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 51:229-253. PDF
- Gallardo, A. 1916b. Las hormigas de la República Argentina. Subfamilia Dolicoderinas. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 28:1-130. PDF
- Guerrero, R. J. 2019. Subfamilia Dolichoderinae. Capítulo 24. Pp. 693-720 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
- Guerrero, R. J. 2021. Transfer of two South American ant species from Tapinoma Foerster 1850 to Forelius Emery 1888 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). Zootaxa 4920 (3):428–438. 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.3.8 PDF
- Guerrero, R. J.; Fernández, F. 2008. A new species of the ant genus Forelius (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from the dry forest of Colombia. Zootaxa 1958:51-60. PDF
- Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.
- Jaffe, K. 1993. El mundo de las hormigas. Baruta, Venezuela: Equinoccio (Ediciones de la Universidad Simón Bolívar), 188 pp.
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Kusnezov, N. 1957e. Nuevas especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista de la Sociedad Uruguaya de Entomología 2:7-18. PDF
- Mackay, W.; Mackay, E. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp. PDF
- Shattuck, S. O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21:1-181. PDF
- Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112:i-xix, 1-241. PDF
- Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
- Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
- Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. 2010. Phylogeny and biogeography of dolichoderine ants: effects of data partitioning and relict taxa on historical inference. Systematic Biology 59:342-362. PDF
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
Extant: 19 valid species (8 synonyms, 1 homonym, 1 unavailable), 0 valid subspecies (10 synonyms, 10 obsolete combinations)
Fossil: 1 valid species
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
- All genera
- Incertae sedis
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae