Forelius fazi
(Santschi, 1923)
junior synonym of current valid taxon Forelius antarcticus (Forel, 1904)
Tapinoma fazi
Santschi, 1923c:
270 (w.m.)
CHILE.
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”), 2 syntype males. Primary type locality: Chile: Valparaiso (Faz). Primary type depositories: NHMB, NHML.
Type notes:
Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 85, and Shattuck, 1994: 141, cite 34 worker syntypes in NHMB (neither author mentions males).
- Combination in Forelius: Guerrero, 2021: 430
- Junior synonym of Forelius antarcticus: Menozzi, 1935c: 321; Kempf, 1970a: 28; Kempf, 1972b: 247; Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 90; Shattuck, 1994: 141; Bolton, 1995b: 400; Guerrero, 2021: 430.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)27:61-102. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- 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
- Kempf, W. W. 1970a. Catálogo das formigas do Chile. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 23:17-43. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Menozzi, C. 1935c. Fauna Chilensis. II. (Nach Sammlungen von W. Goetsch). Le formiche del Cile. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 67:319-336. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1923c. Solenopsis et autres fourmis néotropicales. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 30:245-273. 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
- Snelling, R. R.; Hunt, J. H. 1976 ("1975"). The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Chilena de Entomología 9:63-129. PDF
†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