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Depressus-group Turtle Ants
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Depressus-group Turtle Ants

Cephalotes depressus

Cephalotes depressus is a species of arboreal ant of the genus Cephalotes, characterized by an odd shaped head and the ability to "parachute" by steering their fall if they drop off of the tree they're on. Giving their name also as gliding ants.

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8 branches of this group, most-observed first

Cephalotes borgmeieri

speciesCephalotes borgmeieri

Cephalotes cristatus

speciesCephalotes cristatus

Cephalotes depressus

speciesCephalotes depressus

Cephalotes eduarduli

speciesCephalotes eduarduli

Cephalotes cordatus

speciesCephalotes cordatus

Cephalotes palustris

speciesCephalotes palustris

Cephalotes betoi

speciesCephalotes betoi

Cephalotes pavonii

speciesCephalotes pavonii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1340316.