Pheidole carapuna Mann 1916

Natural History:

This species inhabits lowland rainforest. It nests and forages on and near the forest floor.

Amazonian Brazil and Peru north to Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras. Costa Rica: southern Pacific lowlands.

Pheidole (Pheidole) carapuna Mann, 1916 PDF: 432, pl. 3, fig. 22 (s.w.q.) BRAZIL. Neotropic. Primary type information: Brazil, Rondonia: Madeira-Mamore rail track, km 284 (W. M. Mann) [MCZC] AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Senior synonym of Pheidole carapuna chaquimayensis: Wilson, 2003a: 672.Senior synonym of Pheidole tristicula: Longino, 2019 doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4599.1.1 PDF: 30.