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See all Prionopelta in All Antweb or Bolton World Catalog
See all Prionopelta in All Antweb or Bolton World Catalog
Genus: Prionopelta
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Subfamily: Amblyoponinae Genus: Prionopelta
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)
15 species
Taxonomic history
| Prionopelta in Ponerinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 15. |
| Prionopelta in Amblyoponinae: Forel, 1893b PDF: 162; Forel, 1895b PDF: 110 [Amblyoponeridae]. |
| Prionopelta in Ponerinae, Proceratiini: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 382. |
| Prionopelta in Ponerinae, Ectatommini: Emery, 1911e PDF: 32 [subtribe Typhlomyrmecini]; Forel, 1917 PDF: 236; Wheeler, 1922: 642. |
| Prionopelta in Ponerinae, Amblyoponini: Emery, 1895l PDF: 766; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 134; Brown, 1953c: 11; Brown, 1960a: 173; all subsequent authors to the following. |
| Prionopelta in Amblyoponinae, Amblyoponini: Bolton, 2003 PDF: 42, 156. |
Genus Prionopelta references
Dalla Torre, 1893: 15 (catalogue); Forel, 1909a PDF: 242 (New World species key); Emery, 1911e PDF: 32 (diagnosis, catalogue); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 26 (Asia checklist); Wilson, 1958c PDF: 146 (Melanesia species key); Brown, 1960a: 173, 218, 221 (review of genus, Neotropical species key, Indo-Australian species key); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 210 (Neotropical catalogue); Smith, 1979: 1335 (North America catalogue); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 39 (Australia catalogue); Taylor, 1987a PDF: 64 (Australia & New Caledonia checklist); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1052 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 364 (catalogue); Shattuck, 1999: 201 (Australia synopsis); Shattuck, 2008B PDF: 22 (Indo-Pacific species revision, key) ; Arias-Penna, 2008A PDF: 48 (Neotropical species key); Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a 16 (male diagnosis).
Genus Prionopelta references
Dalla Torre, 1893: 15 (catalogue); Forel, 1909a PDF: 242 (New World species key); Emery, 1911e PDF: 32 (diagnosis, catalogue); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 26 (Asia checklist); Wilson, 1958c PDF: 146 (Melanesia species key); Brown, 1960a: 173, 218, 221 (review of genus, Neotropical species key, Indo-Australian species key); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 210 (Neotropical catalogue); Smith, 1979: 1335 (North America catalogue); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 39 (Australia catalogue); Taylor, 1987a PDF: 64 (Australia & New Caledonia checklist); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1052 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 364 (catalogue); Shattuck, 1999: 201 (Australia synopsis); Shattuck, 2008B PDF: 22 (Indo-Pacific species revision, key) ; Arias-Penna, 2008A PDF: 48 (Neotropical species key); Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012 PDF: 16 (male diagnosis).
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Prionopelta descarpentriesi
Prionopelta sc01
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