AnimaliaHymenopteraFormicidaeLiuCongGuénardBenoitGarciaFrancisco HitaYamaneSeikiBlanchardBenjaminYangDa-RongEconomoEvanNew records of ant species from Yunnan, ChinaZookeys26120152015477177810.3897/zookeys.477.8775 Prenolepis sphingthoraxa Zhou & Zheng, 1998Figure 26Material 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.

Prenolepis sphingthoraxa worker, CASENT0715549. A Head in front view B Mesosoma in profile view C Global distribution map.

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.

ZhouSYZhengZ (1998) Three new species and a new record species of tribe Prenolepidini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Guangxi, China.Entomologia Sinica5: 42–46.