Prionopelta tapatia

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Mexico.

Biology
The species is mainly known from leaf litter samples collected in disturbed areas, at elevations greater than 900m.

Nomenclature

 * . Prionopelta tapatia Ladino & Feitosa, 2020: 244, figs. 34, 35D (w.q.) MEXICO.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker.
 * Type-locality: holotype Mexico: Jalisco, Tamazula de Gordiano, Cerro de la Mesa, 1442 m., 19°41’21’’N, 103°15’19’’W, 9.x.2016, leaf litter (Vasquez-Bolaños); paratype with same data.
 * Type-depository: DZUP.
 * Distribution: Mexico.

Description
Body dark yellow. Integument covered by deep and dense punctate sculpturing; space between the punctures of lateral portion of frons corresponding to one or half puncture diameter in full-face view. Head longer than broad; length of median tooth of mandible shorter than basal tooth; basal margin of mandible straight. Clypeus slightly projecting medially. Eleven antennomeres; antennomeres 1–4 separated by deep constrictions. Eyes placed immediately posterior to the head midlength. Pronotum slightly broader than long. Distance between the propodeal spiracle and the bulla of the metapleural gland corresponding to one spiracular diameter; distance between the propodeal spiracle and the propodeal dorsum corresponding to two spiracular diameters. Petiolar node as high as long in lateral view. Subpetiolar process with anterior and posterior margins subparallel or parallel; posterior margin concave; posteroventral angle acute.