Prenolepis
Genus of ants
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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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Lasiini |
| Genus: | Prenolepis Mayr, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Tapinoma nitens (Mayr, 1853) | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 20 species | |
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
