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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)
Diversity[1]
20 species
Prenolepis imparis, male

Species
  • 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
  1. Bolton, B. (2021). "Prenolepis". AntCat. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  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. S2CID 86659687.


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