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Winter Ants and Allies
Prenolepis
Prenolepis is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. 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.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first

American Winter Ant
speciesPrenolepis imparis

Eurasian Winter Ant
speciesPrenolepis nitens

Prenolepis naoroji
speciesPrenolepis naoroji

Prenolepis subopaca
speciesPrenolepis subopaca

Prenolepis melanogaster
speciesPrenolepis melanogaster

Prenolepis striata
speciesPrenolepis striata

Prenolepis jerdoni
speciesPrenolepis jerdoni

Prenolepis henschei
speciesPrenolepis henschei

Prenolepis quinquedenta
speciesPrenolepis quinquedenta

Prenolepis fustinoda
speciesPrenolepis fustinoda

Prenolepis angularis
speciesPrenolepis angularis
Prenolepis cyclopia
speciesPrenolepis cyclopia
Prenolepis dugasi
speciesPrenolepis dugasi
Prenolepis fisheri
speciesPrenolepis fisheri
Prenolepis jacobsoni
speciesPrenolepis jacobsoni
Prenolepis lakekamu
speciesPrenolepis lakekamu
Prenolepis mediops
speciesPrenolepis mediops
Prenolepis nepalensis
speciesPrenolepis nepalensis
Prenolepis rinpoche
speciesPrenolepis rinpoche
Prenolepis shanialena
speciesPrenolepis shanialena
Prenolepis darlena
speciesPrenolepis darlena
Prenolepis tosa
speciesPrenolepis tosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 68146.