Genus Prionopelta

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Protostomia (protostomes)
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  Ecdysozoa
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  Phylum Arthropoda (crustaceans, insects, spiders, and relatives)
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  Uniramia
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  Subphylum Hexapoda
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  Class Insecta (insects)
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  Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
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  Superorder Neoptera
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  Holometabola
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  Order Hymenoptera (ants, bees, and wasps)
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  Suborder Apocrita (ants, bees, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, and true wasps)
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  Superfamily Scolioidea (ants and parasitic wasps)
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  Family Formicidae (ants)
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  Subfamily Ponerinae
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  Tribe Amblyoponini
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  Genus Prionopelta
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  Species Prionopelta aethiopica
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  Species Prionopelta amabilis
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  Species Prionopelta amieti
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  Species Prionopelta antillana
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  Species Prionopelta brocha
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  Species Prionopelta descarpentriesi
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  Species Prionopelta humicola
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  Species Prionopelta kraepelini
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  Species Prionopelta majuscula
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  Species Prionopelta marthae
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  Species Prionopelta modesta
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  Species Prionopelta opaca
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  Species Prionopelta punctulata