Cephalotes
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Not to be confused with Cephalotus.
Cephalotes is a genus of tree-dwelling ant species from the Americas, 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.[2][3]
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Cephalotes | |
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Cephalotes atratus, Soberania National Park, Panama | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Cephalotes Latreille, 1802[1] |
Type species | |
Formica atrata | |
Diversity | |
about 130 species | |
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