Forelius chenpauch

†Forelius chenpauch; Temporal range: middle Miocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl ↓ Mexican amber, Chiapas, Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Tribe:	Leptomyrmecini
Genus:	Forelius
Species:	†F. chenpauch
Binomial name
	†Forelius chenpauch; Varela-Hernández, Guerrero & Riquelme, 2023

Photo Gallery

Varela-Hernández et al. (2023), Fig. 1. A, Forelius chenpauch. Holotype CPAL.464. Dorsolateral view of complete specimen showing: compound eye (ey); foreleg (fl); gaster (ga); mandible (mn), mesonotum (mnt); petiole (p); pronotum (pn); propodeum (ppm); scape (sc). B, Forelius chenpauch. Holotype CPAL.464. Microphotograph augmentation showing: clypeus (clv); compound eye (ey); mandible (mn); mesonotum (mnt); pronotum (pn); scape (sc).
Varela-Hernández et al. (2023), Fig. 2. A, Forelius chenpauch. Holotype CPAL.464. Microphotograph augmentation of dorsolateral showing: head (h); foreleg (fl); gaster (ga); mesonotum (mnt); petiole (p); pronotum (pn); propodeal spiracle (ps); scape (sc). B, Forelius chenpauch. Drawing of Holotype CPAL.464 showing: clypeus (clv); compound eye (ey); fore leg (fl); gaster (ga); mandible (mn); mesonotum (mnt); petiole (p); pronotum (pn); propodeum (ppm); propodeal spiracle (ps); scape (sc); striae (str).

Identification

Antennal scape reaching the posterior margin of the head; pronotum with six erect hairs; mesonotum with four erect hairs; propodeum with four erect thin hairs; front and dorsum of head, dorsum of pronotum, dorsum of mesonotum, and propodeum covered with fine longitudinal striae.

Distribution

This taxon was described from Mexican amber, Chiapas, Mexico (Middle Miocene).

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

†chenpauch. †Forelius chenpauch Varela-Hernández, Guerrero & Riquelme, 2023: 3, figs. 1-2 (w.) MEXICO (Mexican amber, Miocene).

Type Material

Holotype, CPAL.464. Worker, amber inclusion, complete specimen. It is deposited in the Colección de Paleontología, UAEM, Morelos, Mexico (Figure 1A). Locality: Mexico, Chiapas, Simojovel, Montecristo mine: 17° 7' 45.99" N, 92°41'43" W.

Description

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