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

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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