Die Europ ischen Formiciden. Standing hairs absent, but long inclined pubescence is densely present on the antennal scapes and tibiae.
Males have cerci.
Prenolepis was established by Mayr in 1861 and, until Emery revised the subfamily Formicinae in 1925, the genus contained many species now assigned to Paratrechina. Indeed, most species originally described in Prenolepis now belong in Paratrechina. The Oriental species allocated to these genera remain generally unrevised. It generally nests directly in the soil. The main food is liquid obtained from plants and aphids, and the workers often have swollen gasters.