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Grandinosus-group Turtle Ants
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Grandinosus-group Turtle Ants

Cephalotes grandinosus

Cephalotes grandinosus 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 from the tree they are on, giving their name also as gliding ants.

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5 branches of this group, most-observed first

Cephalotes persimplex

speciesCephalotes persimplex

Cephalotes grandinosus

speciesCephalotes grandinosus

Cephalotes foliaceus

speciesCephalotes foliaceus

Cephalotes persimilis

speciesCephalotes persimilis

Cephalotes klugi

speciesCephalotes klugi

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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 1340327.