Forelius instabilis
Santschi, 1920
junior synonym of current valid taxon Forelius breviscapus Forel, 1914
Forelius maccooki st. instabilis
[sic]
Santschi, 1920d:
382 (w.q.m.)
Note: maccooki is a misspelling of Forelius mccooki.
ARGENTINA (Buenos Aires).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Argentina: La Plata, 15.x.1916 (C. Bruch). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
Type notes:
1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 84, cites 15 worker, 2 queen, 3 male syntypes in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 94, cites 22 worker, 2 queen, 4 male syntypes (7w, 1m MHNG, 15w, 2q, 3m NHMB).
- Junior synonym of Forelius breviscapus obscuratus: Santschi, 1922c: 374.
- Status as species: Kusnezov, 1957e: 16 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 109; Shattuck, 1994: 94; Bolton, 1995b: 190.
- Junior synonym of Forelius breviscapus: Cuezzo, 2000: 235.
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.
- Cuezzo, F. 2000. Revisión del género Forelius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). Sociobiology 35:197-275. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Kusnezov, N. 1957e. Nuevas especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista de la Sociedad Uruguaya de Entomología 2:7-18. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1920d. Formicides africains et américains nouveaux. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 88:361-390. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1922c. Myrmicines, dolichodérines et autres formicides néotropiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 54:345-378. 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
†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