Gnamptogenys curvoclypeata

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
A member of the sulcata complex (in the sulcata subgroup of the sulcata species group). Piceous species with ferruginous antenna, legs and coxae; Promesonotal suture very weakly impressed, visible only with certain angles of light; meso- and metacoxae smooth and shining on median and basal lateral faces; metacoxae with weakly developed triangular dorsal lobe. (Lattke 1995)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 * . Gnamptogenys curvoclypeata Lattke, 1990b: 9, figs. 7, 13 (w.) VENEZUELA.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 21 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype Venezuela: Estado Portuguesa, via Guanare-Biscucuy, Quebrada La Guata, 9°16’N, 65°56’W, 600 m., 21.viii.1983 (J. Lattke & J. DeMarmels); paratypes: 19 workers with same data, 2 workers Venezuela: Estado Zulia, Serranía de Perija, El Tucuco, 9°41’N, 72°45’W, 450 m., 6.ix.1984 (J. Lattke).
 * Type-depositories: MIZA (holotype); BMNH, FSCG, LACM, MCZC, MIZA, MZSP (paratypes).
 * Status as species: Brandão, 1991: 344; Bolton, 1995b: 209; Lattke, 1995: 165; Lattke, et al. 2004: 343; Lattke, et al. 2007: 262 (in key); Lattke, et al. 2008: 84; Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019: 671; Camacho, et al. 2020: 460 (in key).
 * Distribution: Colombia, Panama, Venezuela.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Brandao, C.R.F. 1991. Adendos ao catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412.
 * Donoso D. A. 2014. Assembly mechanisms shaping tropical litter ant communities. Ecography 37 doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00253.x
 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.