Prenolepis

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

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]

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2021). "Prenolepis". AntCat. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
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  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LaPolla_et_al_2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).