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Issue: Vol. 1958 No. 1: 8 Dec. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-12-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1958.1.5
Page range: 51–60
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of the ant genus Forelius (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from the dry forest of Colombia

Grupo de Investigación en Insectos Neotropicales, INTROPIC, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Apartado 7495, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Hymenoptera Ants Forelius Neotropical region taxonomy Colombia

Abstract

Forelius damiani sp. nov. is described from the dry forest of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, and additional collections from Costa Rica and Texas (USA). This new species is separated from the other rounded spiracles Forelius by the number of erect pronotal hairs, size and coloration. Comments and hypotheses about the biogeography of the genus are provided. Forelius pruinosus is recorded for the first time for Colombia.

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