Prenolepis

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
Prenolepis imparis worker
Scientific classification
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

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