Forelius

Identification Keys

 * Key to US Forelius species

Species richness
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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.