Prenolepis

Prenolepis is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[2] Most species are found in southeastern Asia and southern China, but the genus has a wide distribution with species known from North America, southern Europe, Anatolia, Cuba, Haiti, and West Africa.[3]

Prenolepis
Prenolepis imparis worker
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Prenolepis

Mayr, 1861
Type species
Tapinoma nitens
Diversity[1]
18 species
Prenolepis imparis, male

Species

  • Prenolepis acuminata Forel, 1911
  • Prenolepis angularis Zhou, 2001
  • Prenolepis emmae Forel, 1894
  • Prenolepis fisheri Bharti & Wachkoo, 2012
  • Prenolepis henschei Mayr, 1868
  • Prenolepis imparis (Say, 1836)
  • Prenolepis jacobsoni Crawley, 1923
  • Prenolepis jerdoni Emery, 1893
  • Prenolepis kohli Forel, 1916
  • Prenolepis longiventris Zhou, 2001
  • Prenolepis magnocula Xu, 1995
  • Prenolepis melanogaster Emery, 1893
  • Prenolepis naoroji Forel, 1902
  • Prenolepis nigriflagella Xu, 1995
  • Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1853)
  • Prenolepis septemdenta Wang, W. & Wu, 2007
  • Prenolepis sphingthoraxa Zhou & Zheng, 1998
  • Prenolepis umbra Zhou & Zheng, 1998

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Prenolepis". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Prenolepis". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. LaPolla, John S.; Brady, Seán G.; Shattuck, Steven O. (2010). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Prenolepis genus-group of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Systematic Entomology. 35 (1): 118–131. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00492.x.


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