{{Short description|Genus of ants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Prionopelta punctulata casent0102586 profile 1.jpg |image_caption = ''Prionopelta punctulata'' worker |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Prionopelta |authority = Mayr, 1866 |type_species = ''Prionopelta punctulata'' |type_species_authority = Mayr, 1866 |diversity_link = #Species |diversity = 15 species |diversity_ref = <ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|430042|Prionopelta|2014|accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> |synonyms = ''Examblyopone'' <small>Donisthorpe, 1949</small><br> ''Renea'' <small>Donisthorpe, 1947</small> }}
'''''Prionopelta''''' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae.<ref name="AWPrionopelta"/> Of its 15 species, four are known from Africa, five from the Americas and six from the Indo-Pacific region.<ref name="Shattuck_2008"/>
==Species== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Prionopelta aethiopica'' <small>Arnold, 1949</small> *''Prionopelta amabilis'' <small>Borgmeier, 1949</small> *''Prionopelta amieti'' <small>Terron, 1974</small> *''Prionopelta antillana'' <small>Forel, 1909</small> *''Prionopelta brocha'' <small>Wilson, 1958</small> *''Prionopelta descarpentriesi'' <small>Santschi, 1924</small> *''Prionopelta humicola'' <small>Terron, 1974</small> *''Prionopelta kraepelini'' <small>Forel, 1905</small> *''Prionopelta majuscula'' <small>Emery, 1897</small> *''Prionopelta marthae'' <small>Forel, 1909</small> *''Prionopelta media'' <small>Shattuck, 2008</small> *''Prionopelta modesta'' <small>Forel, 1909</small> *''Prionopelta opaca'' <small>Emery, 1897</small> *''Prionopelta punctulata'' <small>Mayr, 1866</small> *''Prionopelta robynmae'' <small>Shattuck, 2008</small> {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="AWPrionopelta">{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Prionopelta&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: Prionopelta|website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |access-date=21 September 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="Shattuck_2008">{{cite journal |last1=Shattuck|first1=S. O.|date=2008 |title=Revision of the ant genus ''Prionopelta'' (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Indo-Pacific region. |journal=Zootaxa |volume=1846|pages=21–34|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1846.1.2}}</ref> }}
==External links== *{{Commonscat-inline|Prionopelta|''Prionopelta''}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q10354008}}
Category:Amblyoponinae Category:Ant genera
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