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]