Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Prenolepis sphingthoraxa Zhou & Zheng, 1998 Figure 26

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: Kilometer 55 station (21.960°N, 101.199°E), Rain forest, 10.vi.2013, 1 worker, 840m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.

Distribution.

Known from Middle and South China (Figure 26C). This new record represents the western-most record in the distribution of Prenolepis sphingthoraxa .

Taxonomic note.

The identification is based on the original description (Zhou and Zheng 1998).

Natural history.

Prenolepis sphingthoraxa has been collected from leaf litter in rain forest and little is known about its bionomics.