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Turtle Ants
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Turtle Ants

Cephalotes

Cephalotes is a Neotropical genus of tree-dwelling ant species, commonly known as turtle ants. All appear to be gliding ants, with the ability to "parachute" and steer their fall so as to land back on the tree trunk rather than fall to the ground, which is often flooded.

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23 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Giant Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes atratus

Pusillus-group Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes pusillus

Clypeatus-group Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes clypeatus

Multispinosus-group Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes multispinosus

Depressus-group Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes depressus

Cephalotes umbraculatus

complexCephalotes umbraculatus

Pallens-group Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes pallens

Basalis-group Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes basalis

Fiebrigi-group Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes fiebrigi

Pinelii-group Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes pinelii

Texanus-group Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes texanus

Hamulus-group Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes hamulus

Angustus-group Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes angustus

Grandinosus-group Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes grandinosus

Wheeleri-group Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes wheeleri

Coffeae-group Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes coffeae

Cephalotes bimaculatus

complexCephalotes bimaculatus

Cephalotes manni

complexCephalotes manni

Cephalotes solidus

complexCephalotes solidus

Cephalotes patei

complexCephalotes patei

Prodigiosus-group Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes prodigiosus

Crenaticeps-group Turtle Ants

complexCephalotes crenaticeps

Cephalotes emeryi

complexCephalotes emeryi

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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 201299.