• Combination in Nylanderia: Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 246.
• Status as species: Zhou, 2001a: 170; Wang & Wu, 2007: 722 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 37; Liu et al., 2015: 55.
• Junior synonym of Nylanderia flaviabdominis: Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 246; Silva et al., 2023: 517.

Obsolete combinations

• Prenolepis sphingthoraxa

Citations

• Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF
• Liu, C.; Guénard, B.; Hita Garcia, F.; Yamane, S.; Blanchard, B.; Yang, D.-R.; Economo, E. 2015. New records of ant species from Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 477:17-78. PDF
• Silva, T. S. R; Hamer, M. T.; Guénard, B. 2023. A checklist of Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from Hong Kong and Macao SARs, with an illustrated identification key for species in Southeast China and Taiwan. Zootaxa 5301 (5):501-539. 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.5.1 PDF
• Wang, W.; Wu, W.-L. 2007. Two new species of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) from Hubei Province, China. [In Chinese.]. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 32:721-723.
• Williams, J. L.; LaPolla, J. S. 2016. Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the ant genus Prenolepis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4200:201-258. 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.2.1 PDF
• Zhou, S. 2001a. Ants of Guangxi. [In Chinese.]. Guilin, China: Guangxi Normal University Press, 255 pp. PDF
• Zhou, S.; Zheng, Z. 1998a. Three new species and a new record species of tribe Prenolepidini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Guangxi, China. Entomologia Sinica 5:42-46. PDF