Prenolepis
| Prenolepis | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Prenolepis imparis worker | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | Prenolepis Mayr, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Tapinoma nitens | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 18 species | |
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]
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
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Prenolepis". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ↑ "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. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00492.x.
External links
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