Fernández F. 2002. First record of the myrmicine ant genus
Paedalgus Forel, 1911 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Western Hemisphere. Entomotropica 17(2):181-182.
The myrmicine ant genus
Paedalgus Forel, 1911 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is recorded for the first time in the Western Hemisphere, based upon several undescribed species collected in Colombia, Peru and Brazil. The genus was previously known only from Africa and Sri Lanka.