''Philidris notiala'' is a species of

ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...

in the genus ''

Philidris ''Philidris'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus is known from tropical forests from eastern India to northern Australia. It is similar to the genus ''Iridomyrmex'', from where the type species was transferred from by S ...

''. Described by Zhou and Zheng in 1998, the species is endemic to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

.Zhou, Shanyi and Zheng, Zhemin 1998b. ''Philidris'' (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a genus new to China, with description of a new species. ''Entomol. Sin.'' 5(2): 136-138 (page 136, figs. 1-3 worker described)

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Dolichoderinae Insects described in 1998 Hymenoptera of Asia Insects of China {{Dolichoderinae-stub