Prionopelta
Genus of ants
| Prionopelta | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Prionopelta punctulata worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| 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 | |
| Examblyopone Donisthorpe, 1949 | |
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]
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
References
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Prionopelta". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Prionopelta". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ Shattuck, S. O. (2008). "Revision of the ant genus Prionopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Indo-Pacific region". Zootaxa. 1846: 21–34. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1846.1.2.
External links
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