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New species: Forelius damiani

awild | December 16, 2008

Forelius damiani Guerrero & FernÃ¡ndez 2008 Colombia The ant genus Forelius - named for the eminent Swiss myrmecologist Auguste Forel-Â is known for its abundance in hot, dry climates in both North and South America.Â This affinity for deserts has given the genus a markedly disjunct distribution, abundant in subtropical South America and in the warmer regions of North and Central America but absent in the more humid intervening climes.Â Or so we'd assumed. Last week Colombian myrmecologists Roberto Guerrero & Fernando FernÃ¡ndez filled the gap with a newly-discovered species of…

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