Key to Prenolepis of China

This worker key is based on: [[Media:Chen, Z., Zhou, S. 2018. A review of the ant genus Prenolepis in China.pdf|Chen, Z., Zhou, S. 2018. A review of the ant genus Prenolepis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in China, with descriptions of four new species. Zoological Systematics 43:58-65 (DOI 10.11865/zs.201806).]]

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 * Prenolepis
 * China

1

 * Mandible with 5 teeth . . . . . 2


 * Mandible with 6 teeth . . . . . 3

2
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 * Head smooth and shining; petiolar node scale-like, peduncle much lower than anterior face of the node, anterior face and posterior face of the node form a triangle in lateral view . . . . . Prenolepis quinquedenta


 * Head feebly punctate; petiolar node thick, peduncle at the same level with the anterior face of the node, so that the anterior face of the node cannot be separated from peduncle, form a right-angle with the posterior face of the node . . . . . Prenolepis angulinoda (=Prenolepis fustinoda)

3
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 * Posterodorsal corner of propodeum in lateral view angulate or nearly angulate . . . . . 4


 * Posterodorsal corner of propodeum in lateral view rounded, not angulate . . . . . 6

4
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 * Head finely and densely striate and punctate, dull . . . . . Prenolepis striata


 * Head smooth and shining . . . . . 5

5
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 * Mesopleuron and propodeum smooth and shining . . . . . Prenolepis angularis


 * Mesopleuron and propodeum finely longitudinally striate and reticulate . . . . . Prenolepis cyclopia

6
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 * Head broader than long or as broad as long. Eyes moderately large, not prominent . . . . . Prenolepis melanogaster


 * Head distinctly longer than broad. Eyes large and prominent . . . . . Prenolepis naoroji