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Pheidole curupira
| Pheidole curupira | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species group: | tristis |
| Species: | P. curupira |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole curupira Casadei-Ferreira, Economo & Feitosa, 2020 | |
The Pheidole curupira type-series was collected with pitfall traps in the Parque Estadual de Vila Velha, Ponta Grossa, Paraná. The landscape consists of vast extensions of grasslands and shrublands, with small forest enclaves within the Atlantic Forest domain.
Identification
Pheidole curupira resembles Pheidole gigaflavens. Majors of Pheidole curupira have the pronotal surface mostly smooth, while P. gigaflavens has this surface areolate. Minors of Pheidole curupira have the head mostly smooth, and Pheidole gigaflavens has the head strongly areolate.
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- aciculata. Pheidole curupira Casadei-Ferreira, Economo & Feitosa, 2020: 8, figs. 4, 11 (w.) BRAZIL.