Prenolepis magnocula Xu, 1995c: 339, figs. 4-6 (w.) CHINA (Yunnan). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: China: Yunnan Prov., Wenshan County (23.3°N, 104.2°E), 1320 m., 30.viii.1991, no. A91-445 (S. Xu). Primary type depository: SFCY. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 20 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 10 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 10 paratype workers with same data as holotype but no. A91-435. Secondary type depository: SFCY. Type notes: Type data given by Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 234, does not correspond to that in the original description.