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Arizona turtle ant

Cephalotes rohweri

Classification

Class
Insecta

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 gliding ants. Characteristics Cephalotes rohweri is most commonly found in the Sonoran Desert, where it establishes nests in abandoned beetle cavities in Palo Verde trees (Parkinsonia florida or Cercidium floridum).

Distribution

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