CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: Kilometer 55 station (21.963°N, 101.201°E), Rain forest, 13.vi.2013, 1 worker, 815m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.911°N, 101.283°E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 1 worker, 675m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.917°N, 101.274°E), Secondary forest, 08.vi.2013, 1 worker, 625m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Man Sai village (21.858°N, 101.276°E), Secondary forest, 12.vi.2013, 1 worker, 690m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.

Yunnan (new record), Hunan, Okinawa (Figure 9C). This new record represents an important western-most extension in the known distribution of this species.

Discothyrea kamiteta is very similar to the recently described Discothyrea banna Xu, Burwell & Nakamura, 2014. Both species seem to be very close morphologically, and their separation is based on minor differences, which could also be attributed to intraspecific variation. The identification is based on the original description of Discothyrea kamiteta, comparison with Discothyrea kamiteta material from the type locality (Okinawa), and Xu’s key (Xu et al. 2014)

Discothyrea kamiteta has been collected from leaf litter in various habitats, such as primary forest, limestone forest and secondary forest.