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''Cephalotes'' is a genus of
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tree-dwelling
Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some animals may scale trees only occasionally, but others are exclusively arboreal. The habitats pose num ...
ant species from the Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
Along with th ...
, commonly known as turtle ants. All appear to be gliding ant
Gliding ants are arboreal ants of several different genera that are able to control the direction of their descent when falling from a tree. Living in the rainforest canopy like many other gliders, gliding ants use their gliding to return to the ...
s, 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.
Ecological specialization and evolution of a soldier caste
One of the most important aspects of the genus' social evolution and adaptation is the manner in which their social organization has been shaped by environmental pressures.Hölldobler, B., Wilson, E. O., & Nelson, M. C. (2009). The superorganism: the beauty, elegance, and strangeness of insect societies. New York: W.W. Norton. This is particularly true of the species ''Cephalotes rohweri
''Cephalotes rohweri'' 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 gli ...
'', in which an entire soldier class has evolved as a result of highly specialized nest cavity availability.Powell, S. (2008). Ecological specialization and the evolution of a specialized caste in ''Cephalotes'' ant. Functional Ecology, 22, 902-911.
Because ants within ''Cephalotes'' use multiple carved nesting cavities found in the trees upon which they live, a cohort of morphologically specialized soldiers has evolved to defend these nesting cavities. They use their unique plate-like heads to block the entrances to the nests, essentially creating a living door to the nest cavities.
In one particular study, Scott Powell tested the hypothesis that "specialized use of cavities with entrances close to the area of one ant head has selected for a morphologically and behaviorally specialized soldier in ''Cephalotes''." This was accomplished by performing comparative studies between four ''Cephalotes'' species, each representing one of the four character states of soldier evolution. ''Cephalotes'' was ideal for the study because it is the only genus to contain extant species displaying four levels of major morphological evolution. These character states are:
# No soldier present (ancestral)
# Soldiers present with simple domed head
# Soldiers present with incomplete head-disk
# Soldiers present with complete head disk (most advanced)
Another study by Powell examined the process by which environmental factors shape colonial castes within the worker class. However, this study focused more on how colonies adapt their caste systems to ecological factors in their environment.Powell, S. (2009). How ecology shapes caste evolution: linking resource use, morphology, performance and fitness in a superorganism. Evolutionary Biology, 22, 1004-1013.
For the experiment, a species of the genus ''Cephalotes'' was used that displayed the highest level of soldier specialization. Three key findings regarding adaptive caste specialization were supported:
# Soldiers were best at defending the specific nesting resource found in nature.
# Colonies used only certain nests (out of all the available nests), and selected only the nesting sites that would maximize soldier performance.
# Soldier performance and limitations had both direct and indirect effects on colony reproduction.
The results of this experiment support the concept that the most specialized soldier phenotype in ''Cephalotes'' is a result of adaptation to ecological specialization within a narrow subset of available nests.
Species
* ''Cephalotes adolphi
''Cephalotes adolphi'' 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. Also known as gliding ants. The ...
'' (Emery, 1906)
* ''Cephalotes alfaroi
''Cephalotes alfaroi'' 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 glidi ...
'' (Emery, 1890)
* †''Cephalotes alveolatus
''Cephalotes alveolatus'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae known from a single Middle Miocene fossil found in amber on Hispaniola. At the time of description ''C. alveolatus'' was one of seven fossil ant species placed in ...
'' (Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995)
* '' Cephalotes angustus'' (Mayr, 1862)
* ''Cephalotes argentatus
''Cephalotes argentatus'' 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 ...
'' (Smith, 1853)
* ''Cephalotes argentiventris
''Cephalotes argentiventris'' 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 a ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* '' Cephalotes atratus'' ( Linnaeus, 1758
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* ''Cephalotes auriger
''Cephalotes auriger'' 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 glidi ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* '' Cephalotes basalis'' (Smith, 1876)
* '' Cephalotes betoi'' De Andrade, 1999
* '' Cephalotes biguttatus'' (Emery, 1890)
* '' Cephalotes bimaculatus'' (Smith, 1860)
* '' Cephalotes bivestitus'' (Santschi, 1922)
* ''Cephalotes bloosi
''Cephalotes bloosi'' 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 a ...
'' Baroni Urbani, 1999
* '' Cephalotes bohlsi'' (Emery, 1896)
* '' Cephalotes borgmeieri'' (Kempf, 1951)
* '' Cephalotes brevispineus'' De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
* '' Cephalotes bruchi'' (Forel, 1912)
* †''Cephalotes caribicus
''Cephalotes caribicus'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae known from two Middle Miocene fossils found in amber on Hispaniola. At the time of description ''C. caribicus'' was one of nine ant species placed in the ''Cephalot ...
'' De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
* ''Cephalotes chacmul
''Cephalotes chacmul'' 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 glidi ...
'' Snelling, 1999
* ''Cephalotes christopherseni
''Cephalotes christopherseni'' 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. They are known also as ...
'' (Forel, 1912)
* ''Cephalotes clypeatus
''Cephalotes clypeatus'' 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. This ability has given them t ...
'' (Fabricius, 1804)
* ''Cephalotes coffeae
''Cephalotes coffeae'' 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 glid ...
'' (Kempf, 1953)
* ''Cephalotes columbicus
''Cephalotes columbicus'' 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 are on. Giving their name also as g ...
'' (Forel, 1912)
* ''Cephalotes complanatus
''Cephalotes complanatus'' 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 ...
'' (Guerin-Meneville, 1844)
* ''Cephalotes conspersus
''Cephalotes conspersus'' 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 gl ...
'' (Smith, 1867)
* '' Cephalotes cordatus'' (Smith, 1853)
* ''Cephalotes cordiae
''Cephalotes cordiae'' 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 glidi ...
'' (Stitz, 1913)
* ''Cephalotes cordiventris
''Cephalotes cordiventris'' 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 ...
'' (Santschi, 1931)
* ''Cephalotes crenaticeps
''Cephalotes crenaticeps'' 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 ...
'' (Mayr, 1866)
* ''Cephalotes cristatus
''Cephalotes cristatus'' 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 gl ...
'' (Emery, 1890)
* ''Cephalotes curvistriatus
''Cephalotes curvistriatus'' 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 ...
'' (Forel, 1899)
* ''Cephalotes decolor
''Cephalotes decolor'' 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 glidi ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* '' Cephalotes decoloratus'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes dentidorsum
''Cephalotes dentidorsum'' 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 g ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''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 gl ...
'' (Klug, 1824)
* †''Cephalotes dieteri
''Cephalotes dieteri'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae known from two Middle Miocene fossils found in amber on Hispaniola. At the time of description, ''C. dieteri'' was one of seven fossil ant species placed in the ''C ...
'' De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
* '' Cephalotes dorbignyanus'' (Smith, 1853)
* ''Cephalotes duckei
''Cephalotes duckei'' 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 glidin ...
'' (Forel, 1906)
* ''Cephalotes ecuadorialis
''Cephalotes ecuadorialis'' 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 ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes eduarduli
''Cephalotes eduarduli'' 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 gl ...
'' (Forel, 1921)
* ''Cephalotes emeryi
''Cephalotes emeryi'' 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 glidin ...
'' (Forel, 1912)
* ''Cephalotes fiebrigi
''Cephalotes fiebrigi'' 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. Also known as gliding ant
G ...
'' (Forel, 1906)
* ''Cephalotes flavigaster
''Cephalotes flavigaster'' 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 g ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes foliaceus
''Cephalotes foliaceus'' 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 gli ...
'' (Emery, 1906)
* '' Cephalotes fossithorax'' (Santschi, 1921)
* ''Cephalotes frigidus
''Cephalotes frigidus'' is a species of arboreal ant of the genus '' Cephalotes.'' They are characterized by an odd shaped head and the ability to "parachute" by steering their fall if they drop off of the tree they are on. As a result, they ar ...
'' (Kempf, 1960)
* ''Cephalotes gabicamacho
''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 t ...
'' Oliveira, Powell & Feitosa, 2021
* ''Cephalotes goeldii
''Cephalotes goeldii'' 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 glidi ...
'' (Forel, 1912)
* ''Cephalotes goniodontes
''Cephalotes goniodontes'' 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 g ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* '' Cephalotes grandinosus'' (Smith, 1860)
* ''Cephalotes guayaki
''Cephalotes guayaki'' 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. As such they are considered one of ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis
''Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis'' 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 while dropping from a tree. This species of ant is one of severa ...
'' (Latreille, 1802)
* ''Cephalotes hamulus
''Cephalotes hamulus'' 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 glidi ...
'' (Roger, 1863)
* ''Cephalotes hirsutus
''Cephalotes hirsutus'' 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 glid ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* †''Cephalotes hispaniolicus
''Cephalotes hispaniolicus'' is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae known from a single Middle Miocene fossil found in amber on Hispaniola. At the time of description ''C. hispaniolicus'' was one of six ant species placed in the ...
'' De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999
* '' Cephalotes inaequalis'' (Mann, 1916)
* ''Cephalotes inca
''Cephalotes inca'' 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 are on. They are also known as gliding an ...
'' (Santschi, 1911)
* ''Cephalotes incertus
''Cephalotes incertus'' 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 glid ...
'' (Emery, 1906)
* ''Cephalotes insularis
''Cephalotes insularis'' 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 gli ...
'' (Wheeler, 1934)
* ''Cephalotes integerrimus
''Cephalotes integerrimus'' is an extinct 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 ...
'' (Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995)
* ''Cephalotes jamaicensis
''Cephalotes jamaicensis'' 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 g ...
'' (Forel, 1922)
* ''Cephalotes jansei
''Cephalotes jansei'' is an extinct species of arboreal ant of the genus '' Cephalotes'', originally erroneously called ''Exocryptocerus jansei'' by its discoverers, characterized by an odd shaped head and the ability to "parachute" by steering ...
'' (Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995)
* ''Cephalotes jheringi
''Cephalotes jheringi'' 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 glidin ...
'' (Emery, 1894)
* ''Cephalotes klugi
''Cephalotes klugi'' is a species of arboreal ant of the genus ''Cephalotes
''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 "parachu ...
'' (Emery, 1894)
* ''Cephalotes kukulcan
''Cephalotes kukulcan'' is a species of arboreal ant of the genus '' Cephalotes'', characterized by an odd shaped head and the ability to "parachute" by steering its fall if it drops from the tree it is on, hence the alternative name of gliding ...
'' Snelling, 1999
* ''Cephalotes laminatus
''Cephalotes laminatus'' 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 gl ...
'' (Smith, 1860)
* ''Cephalotes lanuginosus
''Cephalotes lanuginosus'' 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 ...
'' (Santschi, 1919)
* ''Cephalotes lenca
''Cephalotes lenca'' 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 glidi ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes liepini
''Cephalotes liepini'' 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 glidi ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* '' Cephalotes liogaster'' (Santschi, 1916)
* ''Cephalotes liviaprado
''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 t ...
'' Oliveira, Powell & Feitosa, 2021
* ''Cephalotes maculatus
''Cephalotes maculatus'' 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 gli ...
'' (Smith, 1876)
* ''Cephalotes manni
''Cephalotes manni'' 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 glidi ...
'' (Kempf, 1951)
* ''Cephalotes marginatus
''Cephalotes marginatus'' 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 gl ...
'' (Fabricius, 1804)
* '' Cephalotes mariadeandrade'' Oliveira, Powell & Feitosa, 2021
* ''Cephalotes marycorn
''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 ...
'' Oliveira, Powell & Feitosa, 2021
* ''Cephalotes maya
''Cephalotes maya'' is an extinct 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 ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes membranaceus
''Cephalotes membranaceus'' 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 ...
'' (Klug, 1824)
* ''Cephalotes minutus
''Cephalotes minutus'' 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 glidi ...
'' (Fabricius, 1804)
* ''Cephalotes mompox
''Cephalotes mompox'' 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 from a tree. They are also known as gliding ant
Glid ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes monicaulyssea
''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 t ...
'' Oliveira, Powell & Feitosa, 2021
* ''Cephalotes multispinosus
''Cephalotes multispinosus'' 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 ...
'' (Norton, 1868)
* ''Cephalotes nilpiei
''Cephalotes nilpiei'' 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 glidi ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes notatus
''Cephalotes notatus'' 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 glidi ...
'' (Mayr, 1866)
* ''Cephalotes obscurus
''Cephalotes obscurus'' is an extinct 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 als ...
'' (Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995)
* ''Cephalotes oculatus
''Cephalotes oculatus'' 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 glid ...
'' (Spinola, 1851)
* ''Cephalotes olmecus
''Cephalotes olmecus'' is an extinct species of arboreal ant of the genus '' Cephalotes'' known only from Mexican amber inclusions.
Taxonomy
''Cephalotes olmecus'' was first described in 1999 from two Chiapas amber fossil inclusions of respect ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes opacus
''Cephalotes opacus'' 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 glidi ...
'' Santschi, 1920
* ''Cephalotes pallens
''Cephalotes pallens'' 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 are on. Giving their name also as glid ...
'' (Klug, 1824)
* ''Cephalotes pallidicephalus
''Cephalotes pallidicephalus'' 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 are on. Giving their name also ...
'' (Smith, 1876)
* ''Cephalotes pallidoides
''Cephalotes pallidoides'' 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 ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes pallidus
''Cephalotes pallidus'' 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 a tree - a characteristic also contributing to their ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* '' Cephalotes palta'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes palustris
''Cephalotes palustris'' 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 are on. Giving their name also as g ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes patei
''Cephalotes patei'' 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 ...
'' (Kempf, 1951)
* ''Cephalotes patellaris
''Cephalotes patellaris'' 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 g ...
'' (Mayr, 1866)
* ''Cephalotes pavonii
''Cephalotes pavonii'' 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 glidi ...
'' (Latreille, 1809)
* ''Cephalotes pellans
''Cephalotes pellans'' 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 glidi ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes persimilis
''Cephalotes persimilis'' 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 g ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes persimplex
''Cephalotes persimplex'' 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 g ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes peruviensis
''Cephalotes peruviensis'' 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 g ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes pileini
''Cephalotes pileini'' 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 glid ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes pilosus
''Cephalotes pilosus'' 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 are on. Giving their name also as gli ...
'' (Emery, 1896)
* ''Cephalotes pinelii
''Cephalotes pinelii'' 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 glidi ...
'' (Guerin-Meneville, 1844)
* ''Cephalotes placidus
''Cephalotes placidus'' 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 gli ...
'' (Smith, 1860)
* ''Cephalotes poinari
''Cephalotes poinari'' 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 glidi ...
'' Baroni Urbani, 1999
* ''Cephalotes porrasi
''Cephalotes porrasi'' is a species of arboreal ant of the genus '' Cephalotes'', from central America. The soldier caste has the upper part of its head shaped like a disk. The worker caste has the ability to "parachute" by steering its fall if ...
'' (Wheeler, 1942)
* ''Cephalotes prodigiosus
''Cephalotes prodigiosus'' 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 the tree they're on, giving them the name of glidin ...
'' (Santschi, 1921)
* ''Cephalotes pusillus
''Cephalotes pusillus'' 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 gl ...
'' (Klug, 1824)
* ''Cephalotes quadratus
''Cephalotes quadratus'' 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 gl ...
'' (Mayr, 1868)
* ''Cephalotes ramiphilus
''Cephalotes ramiphilus'' 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 gl ...
'' (Forel, 1904)
* ''Cephalotes resinae
''Cephalotes resinae'' is a species of arboreal ant of the genus '' Cephalotes'' that has been found preserved in amber. They display the odd shaped head characteristic of gliding ant
Gliding ants are arboreal ants of several different gene ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes rohweri
''Cephalotes rohweri'' 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 gli ...
'' (Wheeler, 1916)
* ''Cephalotes scutulatus
''Cephalotes scutulatus'' 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 g ...
'' (Smith, 1867)
* ''Cephalotes serraticeps
''Cephalotes serraticeps'' is a species of arboreal ant of the genus '' Cephalotes'', characterized by an abnormally shaped head and the ability to "parachute" by steering their fall if they fall off the trees they live on. Giving their name al ...
'' (Smith, 1858)
* ''Cephalotes serratus
''Cephalotes serratus'' is a species of arboreal ant of the genus '' Cephalotes'' that has been found preserved in amber. They display the odd shaped head characteristic of gliding ants.
References
serratus
Serratus may refer to any of s ...
'' (Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995)
* ''Cephalotes setulifer
''Cephalotes setulifer'' 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 are on. Giving their name also as gl ...
'' (Emery, 1894)
* ''Cephalotes simillimus
''Cephalotes simillimus'' 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 g ...
'' (Kempf, 1951)
* '' Cephalotes sobrius'' (Kempf, 1958)
* ''Cephalotes solidus
''Cephalotes solidus'' 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 glid ...
'' (Kempf, 1974)
* ''Cephalotes specularis
Mirror turtle ants (''Cephalotes specularis'') are a species of ant that mimic other, unrelated ants (''Crematogaster ampla
''Crematogaster ampla'' is a species of ant in tribe Crematogastrini. It was described by Powell in 2014.
Reference ...
'' Brandão ''et al.'', 2014
* ''Cephalotes spinosus
''Cephalotes spinosus'' 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 gli ...
'' (Mayr, 1862)
* ''Cephalotes squamosus
''Cephalotes squamosus'' is a species of arboreal ant of the genus '' Cephalotes'' that has been found preserved in amber. They display the odd shaped head characteristic of gliding ant
Gliding ants are arboreal ants of several different ge ...
'' (Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995)
* ''Cephalotes sucinus
''Cephalotes sucinus'' is a species of arboreal ant of the genus '' Cephalotes'' that has been found preserved in amber. They display the odd shaped head characteristic of gliding ant
Gliding ants are arboreal ants of several different gene ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes supercilii
''Cephalotes supercilii'' 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 a tree. Giving their name also as gliding ant
...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes taino
''Cephalotes taino'' is a species of arboreal ant of the genus '' Cephalotes'' that has been found preserved in amber. They display the odd shaped head characteristic of gliding ant
Gliding ants are arboreal ants of several different genera ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes targionii
''Cephalotes targionii'' 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 are on. Giving their name also as gl ...
'' (Emery, 1894)
* ''Cephalotes texanus
''Cephalotes texanus'' 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 gli ...
'' (Santschi, 1915)
* ''Cephalotes toltecus
''Cephalotes toltecus'' 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 ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes trichophorus
''Cephalotes trichophorus'' 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 g ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* '' Cephalotes umbraculatus'' (Fabricius, 1804)
* ''Cephalotes unimaculatus
''Cephalotes unimaculatus'' 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 ...
'' (Smith, 1853)
* ''Cephalotes ustus
''Cephalotes ustus'' 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 ...
'' (Kempf, 1973)
* ''Cephalotes varians
''Cephalotes varians'' 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 are on. This ability makes them one of ...
'' (Smith, 1876)
* ''Cephalotes ventriosus
''Cephalotes ventriosus'' 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 g ...
'' De Andrade, 1999
* ''Cephalotes vinosus
''Cephalotes vinosus'' 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 glid ...
'' (Wheeler, 1936)
* ''Cephalotes wheeleri
''Cephalotes wheeleri'' 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 glid ...
'' (Forel, 1901)
See also
*'' Aphantochilus'', a genus of crab spiders known to mimic ''Cephalotes'' speciesReferences
External links
* {{Taxonbar, from=Q374613 Myrmicinae Ant genera