''Prionopelta'' is a
genus
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of
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...
s in the
subfamily
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Amblyoponinae
Amblyoponinae is a subfamily of ants in the poneromorph subfamilies group containing 13 extant genera and one extinct genus. The ants in this subfamily are mostly specialized subterranean predators. Adult workers pierce the integument (non letha ...
.
Of its 15 species, four are known from Africa, five from the Americas and six from the
Indo-Pacific
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In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
region.
Species
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Prionopelta aethiopica''
Arnold, 1949
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Prionopelta amabilis''
Borgmeier, 1949
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Prionopelta amieti''
Terron, 1974
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Prionopelta antillana''
Forel, 1909
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Prionopelta brocha''
Wilson, 1958
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Prionopelta descarpentriesi''
Santschi, 1924
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Prionopelta humicola''
Terron, 1974
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Prionopelta kraepelini''
Forel, 1905
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Prionopelta majuscula''
Emery, 1897
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Prionopelta marthae''
Forel, 1909
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Prionopelta media''
Shattuck, 2008
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Prionopelta modesta''
Forel, 1909
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Prionopelta opaca''
Emery, 1897
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Prionopelta punctulata''
Mayr, 1866
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Prionopelta robynmae''
Shattuck, 2008
References
External links
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Amblyoponinae
Ant genera
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