Taxonomic history
[Misspelled as maccooki by Mayr, 1886d PDF: 432; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 168; and others.].Replacement name for Forelius foetidus (Buckley, 1866). [Junior primary homonym of Neoponera foetida (Linnaeus, 1758).].[Note: Forelius mccooki (McCook, 1880) junior synonym of Forelius foetidus (Buckley, 1866) (synonymy by Wheeler, 1901c PDF: 520); hence Forelius mccooki (McCook, 1880) first available replacement name for Forelius foetidus (Buckley, 1866) (Bolton, 1995b: 190).].Mayr, 1886d PDF: 432 (q.m.); Forel, 1886b PDF: xxxix (w.).Junior synonym of Forelius foetidus (Buckley, 1866): Wheeler, 1901c PDF: 520; Wheeler, 1902g PDF: 23; Emery, 1913a PDF: 35; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 345; Smith, 1951c PDF: 836; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 109; Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 94.Status as species: Mayr, 1886d PDF: 432; Cresson, 1887 PDF: 257; Emery, 1888c PDF: 362; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 168; von Jhering, 1894 PDF: 378; Wasmann, 1894: 163; Emery, 1895d PDF: 332; Bruch, 1914 PDF: 226; Borgmeier, 1923: 98; Wheeler, 1942 PDF: 215; Bolton, 1995b: 190; Cuezzo, 2000 PDF: 249 (redescription); Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 258; Ward, 2005 PDF: 9; Guerrero & Fernández, 2008 PDF: 58 (in key).Senior homonym and senior synonym of Forelius maccooki (Forel, 1886).Senior synonym of Forelius mccooki andrei: Smith, 1979: 1419; Bolton, 1995b: 190.Evidence of occasional introgression with F. pruinosus .
Forelius mccooki is a species of ant in the genus Forelius. Described by McCook in 1880, the species is endemic to the United States and Mexico, where they nest in soil surrounded by a typically small mound, and also nests under stones.[1]
Forelius mccooki is a species of ant in the genus Forelius. Described by McCook in 1880, the species is endemic to the United States and Mexico, where they nest in soil surrounded by a typically small mound, and also nests under stones.
