Pheidole curupira

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 based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil.

Nomenclature

 * . Pheidole curupira Casadei-Ferreira, Economo & Feitosa, 2020: 8, figs. 4, 11 (w.) BRAZIL.