Prenolepis imparis (Say)

Subfamily FORMICINAE Tribe LASIINI Prenolepis imparis (Say)

Prenolepis imparis, full face view of worker (click image to enlarge).	Prenolepis imparis, profile view of worker(click image to enlarge).
Prenolepis imparis is a cool weather species of ant that dominates forested habitats in AL and MS in the Fall through early Spring. It is somewhat similar in appearance to Lasius and Parachina species, but differs from Lasius by having a constriction between the promesonotal area and the propodeum, and from Paratrechina species by its lack of thick, dark colored paired macrochaetae on the body. The color of this ground nesting species is variable between light and dark brown. The antennae and legs are long in proportion to the body.

Author-Joe MacGown: jmacgown@entomology.msstate.edu
The ant web site was uploaded on 6 March 2003 and was last updated on 11 September 2024 (specific pages may have different uploaded and updated dates)
Drawings and photographs by Joe MacGown (unless otherwise noted) and copyrighted by the Mississippi Entomological Museum

The development of this web site was supported in part by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture, under Project No. MIS-012040 and the USDA-ARS Areawide Management of Imported Fire Ant Project (Richard L. Brown, Principal Investigator).