Forelius chalybaeus Emery, 1906 valid
Forelius chalybaeus Emery, 1906c: 176 (w.q.m.) ARGENTINA (Chubut, Mendoza). Neotropic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Cuezzo, 2000: 241). Primary type locality: lectotype Argentina: Patagonia (Chubut), Puerto Madryn, 7.xii.1899 (F. Silvestri) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 15; no lectotype designated). Primary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type localities: 1 paralectotype worker with same data as lectotype, 1 paralectotype worker Argentina: Mendoza, Puerto Camarones (Jensen). Secondary type depositories: MHNG, MSNG, NHMB. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 84, cites 2 worker syntypes in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 93, cites 6 worker, 3 queen, 3 male syntypes (3w, 3q, 3m (the queens and males in copula) MHNG, 1w MSNG, 2w NHMB).
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