| Forelius pruinosus | |
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| Forelius pruinosus worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Forelius |
| Species: | F. pruinosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Forelius pruinosus (Roger, 1863)
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Forelius pruinosus, commonly known as the high noon ant,[1] is a species of ant in the genus Forelius. Described by Roger in 1863, the species is endemic to North America and has been recently observed in Latin America.[2][3]
This ant species generally feeds on nectar and invertebrates and are found to have mutualistic relationships with various insect and plant species.
- ^ "Common Names of Insects Database | Entomological Society of America". www.entsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ Cuezzo, Fabiana Del Carmen; Calcaterra, Luis; Chifflet, Lucila; Follet, Peter (2015-06-30). "Wasmannia Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Argentina: Systematics and Distribution". Sociobiology. 62 (2). doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.246-265. hdl:11336/12704. ISSN 0361-6525.
- ^ Fänge, R.; Johansson-Sjöbeck, M. L. (1975-12-01). "The effect of splenectomy on the hematology and on the activity of delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALA-D) in hemopoietic tissues of the dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula (Elasmobranchii)". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. A, Comparative Physiology. 52 (4): 577–580. doi:10.1016/s0300-9629(75)80002-8. ISSN 0300-9629. PMID 1175.