Pheidole

Wilson, E. O., 2003, Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus., Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 163-216 : 177

Pheidole campostela Kempf

Pheidole camptostela Kempf 1972d: 457. Types Mus. Zool. Univ. Sao Paulo.

Etymology Gr camptostela , bent column, referring to the aberrant petiole.

DIAGNOSIS With P. cyrtostela , unique within Pheidole for the sharply bent petiole and depressed petiolar node, as seen from the side, in both major and minor. Distinguished from cyrtostela by the more exaggerated form of the petiolar modification, the absence of rugoreticula on the head of the major, and the narrowed occiput of the minor.

MEASUREMENTS (mm) Paratype major: HW 0.94, HL 0.96, SL 0.74, EL 0.20, PW 0.50. Paratype minor: HW 0.44, HL 0.56, SL 0.64, EL 0.14, PW 0.34. Color Major: concolorous light reddish brown.

Minor: concolorous yellowish red except for gaster, which is plain medium brown.

RANGE Known only from the type locality.

BIOLOGY Unknown.

FIGURE Upper: paratype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. BRAZIL: Utiariti, Rio Papagaio, Amazonas. Scale bars = 1 mm.