{{short description|Genus of ants}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = Prenolepis imparis casent0005429 profile 1.jpg | image_caption = ''Prenolepis imparis'' worker | taxon = Prenolepis | authority = Mayr, 1861 | type_species = ''Tapinoma nitens'' | type_species_authority = (Mayr, 1853) | diversity_link = #Species | diversity = 20 species | diversity_ref = <ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|429210|Prenolepis|2021|accessdate=31 October 2021}}</ref> }}
thumb|''Prenolepis imparis'', male '''''Prenolepis''''' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.<ref name="AWPrenolepis"/> 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.<ref name="LaPolla_et_al_2010"/>
==Species== *''Prenolepis angularis'' <small>Zhou, 2001</small> *''Prenolepis cyclopia'' <small>Chen & Zhou, 2018</small> *''Prenolepis darlena'' <small>Williams & LaPolla, 2016</small> *''Prenolepis dugasi'' <small>Forel, 1911</small> *''Prenolepis fisheri'' <small>Bharti & Wachkoo, 2012</small> *''Prenolepis fustinoda'' <small>Williams & LaPolla, 2016</small> *†''Prenolepis henschei'' <small>Mayr, 1868</small> *''Prenolepis imparis'' <small>(Say, 1836)</small> *''Prenolepis jacobsoni'' <small>Crawley, 1923</small> *''Prenolepis jerdoni'' <small>Emery, 1893</small> *''Prenolepis lakekamu'' <small>Williams & LaPolla, 2018</small> *''Prenolepis mediops'' <small>Williams & LaPolla, 2016</small> *''Prenolepis melanogaster'' <small>Emery, 1893</small> *''Prenolepis naoroji'' <small>Forel, 1902</small> *''Prenolepis nepalensis'' <small>Williams & LaPolla, 2018</small> *''Prenolepis nitens'' <small>(Mayr, 1853)</small> *''Prenolepis quinquedenta'' <small>Chen & Zhou, 2018</small> *''Prenolepis shanialena'' <small>Williams & LaPolla, 2016</small> *''Prenolepis striata'' <small>Chen & Zhou, 2018</small> *''Prenolepis subopaca'' <small>Emery, 1900</small>
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="AWPrenolepis">{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Prenolepis&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: Prenolepis |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |access-date=23 September 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="LaPolla_et_al_2010">{{cite journal |last1=LaPolla |first1=John S. |last2=Brady |first2=Seán G.|last3=Shattuck |first3=Steven O. |date=2010 |title=Phylogeny and taxonomy of the ''Prenolepis'' genus-group of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=118–131 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00492.x|bibcode=2010SysEn..35..118L |s2cid=86659687 }}</ref> }}
==External links== *{{commonscat-inline|Prenolepis|''Prenolepis''}}
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Category:Formicinae Category:Ant genera
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