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Turtle ant

Cephalotes sp.

Photo by AJ Arruda
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Field Notes

Description:

Size: Less than 0,5 cm

Habitat:

Amazon savanna (brazilian campo rupestre on iron outcrop), Carajás National Forest, Pará, Brazil.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
ChunXingWong
Yes. Cephalotes species looks like a good match!
AJ Arruda
Thanks for the help @ChunXingWong! Based on some links copied below here I'm suggesting another genre. Do you agree that it looks like a Cephalotes? http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5741/2... http://farm9.static.flickr.com/8669/1... http://farm9.static.flickr.com/8656/1...
ChunXingWong
Looks a lot like a Cataulacus ant but I doubt that it is from that genus.
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PublishedMay 26, 2016

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