Forelius Emery, 1888:389

Ulysséa, Mônica Antunes, Prado, Lívia Pires do & Brandão, Carlos Roberto Ferreira, 2017, Catalogue of the Dolichoderinae, Formicinae and Martialinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) types deposited at the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 57 (23), pp. 295-311 : 299

Genus Forelius Emery, 1888:389

Forelius andinus Kusnezov, 1957:15 . Paratypes: 7W 2G, ARGENTINA, Prov [ince] Salta, S[an] Antonio de los Cobres , 3,800 m, N.K. [Nicolas Kusnezov leg.]. One worker missing part of A1 funiculus.

Forelius bahianus Cuezzo, 2000:227 . Holotype: 1W, Paratypes: 4W 1G, BRAZIL, Bahia, [Ilhéus], Olivença, [x.]1997. Gyne only with mesosoma; two workers missing gaster.

Forelius damiani Guerrero & Fernández, 2008:53 . Paratype: 1W, COLOMBIA: Magdalena, Santa Marta, Sector Puerto Mosquito Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , 11°10’23.6”N / 74°10’45”W, 90 m, Pitfall, 24-26.ii.2007, D. Ramírez leg., bosque muy seco Tropical (bms-T). Worker missing A1 .

Forelius maranhaoensis Cuezzo, 2000:255 . Holotype: 1W, BRAZIL, Maranhão, S[ão] Luís [do] Maranhão, 1982, Wanda M. Villioti col. Worker missing L2 and A1 funiculus. Paratype: 1W, BRAZIL, Bahia, S[an]ta Rita de Cássia, Riacho Veredão 13, 18.viii.1991, Brandão, C. R.F. col. Paratypes: 2W, BRAZIL, Bahia, Estrada Planaltino, M. Souza, 30.xi.1990, 16 hs, Brandão & Diniz [legs.]. Two workers missing gaster. Paratypes: 7W, BRAZIL, Goiás, Alvorada do Norte , Faz [enda] Matos , 08-12.vii.1991, Brandão, C. R.F. col., 22, isca sardinha, diasolo; pitfall, estação 12; 19, isca sardinha, dia-vegetação.