Prionopelta
Genus of ants
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Prionopelta is a genus of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae.[2] Of its 15 species, four are known from Africa, five from the Americas and six from the Indo-Pacific region.[3]
| Prionopelta | |
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| Prionopelta punctulata worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
| Tribe: | Amblyoponini |
| Genus: | Prionopelta Mayr, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Prionopelta punctulata Mayr, 1866 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 15 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Examblyopone Donisthorpe, 1949 | |
Species
- Prionopelta aethiopica Arnold, 1949
- Prionopelta amabilis Borgmeier, 1949
- Prionopelta amieti Terron, 1974
- Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909
- Prionopelta brocha Wilson, 1958
- Prionopelta descarpentriesi Santschi, 1924
- Prionopelta humicola Terron, 1974
- Prionopelta kraepelini Forel, 1905
- Prionopelta majuscula Emery, 1897
- Prionopelta marthae Forel, 1909
- Prionopelta media Shattuck, 2008
- Prionopelta modesta Forel, 1909
- Prionopelta opaca Emery, 1897
- Prionopelta punctulata Mayr, 1866
- Prionopelta robynmae Shattuck, 2008
