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 | |
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| Prenolepis imparis worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Lasiini |
| Genus: | Prenolepis Mayr, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Tapinoma nitens (Mayr, 1853)
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 20 species | |
Species edit
- Prenolepis angularis Zhou, 2001
- Prenolepis cyclopia Chen & Zhou, 2018
- Prenolepis darlena Williams & LaPolla, 2016
- Prenolepis dugasi Forel, 1911
- Prenolepis fisheri Bharti & Wachkoo, 2012
- Prenolepis fustinoda Williams & LaPolla, 2016
- †Prenolepis henschei Mayr, 1868
- Prenolepis imparis (Say, 1836)
- Prenolepis jacobsoni Crawley, 1923
- Prenolepis jerdoni Emery, 1893
- Prenolepis lakekamu Williams & LaPolla, 2018
- Prenolepis mediops Williams & LaPolla, 2016
- Prenolepis melanogaster Emery, 1893
- Prenolepis naoroji Forel, 1902
- Prenolepis nepalensis Williams & LaPolla, 2018
- Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1853)
- Prenolepis quinquedenta Chen & Zhou, 2018
- Prenolepis shanialena Williams & LaPolla, 2016
- Prenolepis striata Chen & Zhou, 2018
- Prenolepis subopaca Emery, 1900
References edit
- ^ Bolton, B. (2021). "Prenolepis". AntCat. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Genus: Prenolepis". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2010SysEn..35..118L. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00492.x. S2CID 86659687.
External links edit
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