Prenolepis sphingthoraxa Zhou & Zheng, 1998

Liu, Cong, Guenard, Benoit, Garcia, Francisco Hita, Yamane, Seiki, Blanchard, Benjamin, Yang, Da-Rong & Economo, Evan, 2015, New records of ant species from Yunnan, China, ZooKeys 477, pp. 17-78 : 46

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.