Paraprionopelta

Paraprionopelta
Paraprionopelta minima male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: incertae sedis
Genus: Paraprionopelta
Kusnezov, 1955
Species: P. minima
Binomial name
Paraprionopelta minima
Kusnezov, 1955

Paraprionopelta is a genus of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae containing the single species Paraprionopelta minima.[1] The genus was erected by Kusnezov (1955) for males collected in Tucumán, Argentina.[2] The placement of the genus within the subfamily is uncertain; they differ from Amblyoponini males in the shape of the head and mandibles and reduced antennal segmentation. Due to their small size and antennal segmentation, Brown (1960) speculated that the species may represent the males of Amblyopone degenerata (now Stigmatomma degeneratum).[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Genus: Paraprionopelta". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Kusnezov, N. (1955). "Zwei neue Ameisengattungen aus Tucuman (Argentinien).". Zoologischer Anzeiger (in German) 154: 268–277.
  3. ↑ Brown, W. L., Jr. (1960). "Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera).". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122: 143–230.

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