Forelius

Distribution
An unnamed fossil species is known from Chiapas, Mexico (Totolapa amber, Miocene; Duran-Ruiz et al., 2013).

Nomenclature

 *  FORELIUS [Dolichoderinae: Leptomyrmecini]
 * Forelius Emery, 1888d: 389. Type-species: Iridomyrmex mccooki, by monotypy.
 * Forelius senior synonym of Neoforelius: Shattuck, 1992c: 87; Cuezzo, 2000: 204.
 * NEOFORELIUS [junior synonym of Forelius]
 * Neoforelius Kusnezov, 1953b: 327. Type-species: Neoforelius tucumanus, by monotypy.
 * Neoforelius junior synonym of Forelius: Shattuck, 1992c: 87; Cuezzo, 2000: 204.

Additional References

 * Duran-Ruiz, C. et al. 2013. Ants from the Miocene Totolapa amber (Chiapas, Mexico), with the first record of the genus Forelius (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Can. J. Earth Sci. 50, 495-502 (dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2012-0166).