Cephalotes (Latreille 1802), Turtle ants ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Genus

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Taxonomy of Genus Cephalotes Latreille, 1802
Turtle ants

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	3816 189502 2439455	Families Genera Species
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	3399 186457 2415487	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	1891 142849 2048615	Families Genera Species
Order	Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps	319 21125 328720	Families Genera Species
Suborder	Apocrita Gerstaecker, 1867 Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps	165 17348 314830	Families Genera Species
Infraorder	Aculeata Latreille, 1802 Stinging wasps	62 6400 167168	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 Ants	5 1575 54996	Families Genera Species
Family	Formicidae Latreille, 1809 Ant, Ants	1575 54996	Genera Species
Subfamily	Myrmicinae Lepeletier, 1835	643 24656	Genera Species
Tribe	Cephalotini Smith, 1853	4 451	Genera Species
Genus	Cephalotes Latreille, 1802 Turtle ants	259	Species

Subnodes of Cephalotes Latreille, 1802

Species	Cephalotes abdominalis Santschi, 1929
Species	Cephalotes adolphi Emery, 1906
Species	Cephalotes aethiops Smith, 1853
Species	Cephalotes alfaroi Emery, 1890 Elliptical sportella
Species	Cephalotes alveolatus ♰ Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995 Lesser tagelus
Species	Cephalotes amazonensis Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Species	Cephalotes angulatus Smith, 1858
Species	Cephalotes angulosus Smith, 1867
Species	Cephalotes angustus Mayr, 1862	1	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes araneolus Smith, 1853
Species	Cephalotes argentatus Smith, 1853 Neighbor tagelus
Species	Cephalotes argentiventris De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes atratulus Linnaeus, 1758
Species	Cephalotes atratus Linnaeus, 1758 Ocean quahog	9	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes auricomus Wheeler, 1936
Species	Cephalotes auriger De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes aztecus Forel, 1901
Species	Cephalotes basalis Smith, 1876 Purplish tagelus
Species	Cephalotes betoi De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes biguttatus Emery, 1890 Elliptical sportella
Species	Cephalotes bimaculatus Smith, 1860 Pimpled diplodon
Species	Cephalotes bivestitus Santschi, 1922 Gaudy sanguin
Species	Cephalotes bloosi ♰ Baroni Urbani, 1999
Species	Cephalotes bohlsi Emery, 1896 Textured sportella	1	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes boliviensis Smith, 1853
Species	Cephalotes borgmeieri Kempf, 1951 Atlantic sanguin
Species	Cephalotes brevispineus ♰ De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes brevispinosa Klug, 1824
Species	Cephalotes bruchi Forel, 1912
Species	Cephalotes carabicus De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes caribicus ♰ M. L. de Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes caustica Pohl & Kollar, 1832
Species	Cephalotes chacmul Snelling, 1999
Species	Cephalotes christopherseni Forel, 1912
Species	Cephalotes clarior Mayr, 1862 ⇒ Cephalotes angustus
Species	Cephalotes clypeatus Fabricius, 1804 Hairy cockle
Species	Cephalotes coffeae Kempf, 1953
Species	Cephalotes cognatus Smith, 1862
Species	Cephalotes columbicus Forel, 1912
Species	Cephalotes complanatus Guérin-Méneville, 1844 Pacific false-bean
Species	Cephalotes conspersus Smith, 1867 False-bean
Species	Cephalotes convexus Santschi, 1916
Species	Cephalotes cordatus Smith, 1853 Neighbor tagelus	1	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes cordiae Stitz, 1913
Species	Cephalotes cordicollis Chaudoir, 1842
Species	Cephalotes cordiventris Santschi, 1931 California mahogany-clam
Species	Cephalotes crassispina Linnaeus, 1758 ⇒ Cephalotes atratus
Species	Cephalotes crenaticeps Mayr, 1866 Green blossom, Green-blossom pearly mussel
Species	Cephalotes cristatus Emery, 1890 Elliptical sportella	1	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes curvispinosus Mayr, 1863
Species	Cephalotes curvistriatus Forel, 1899
Species	Cephalotes decamspinosus Fabricius, 1804
Species	Cephalotes decemspinosus Santschi, 1920 ⇒ Cephalotes marginatus	1	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes decolor De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes decoloratus De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes denticulatus Emery, 1894	1	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes dentidorsum De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes depressus Klug, 1824	1	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes dieteri ♰ Baroni Urbani, 1999
Species	Cephalotes discocephalus Smith, 1853 ⇒ Cephalotes pallens
Species	Cephalotes dorbignyanus Smith, 1853 Neighbor tagelus
Species	Cephalotes dubitatus Smith, 1853
Species	Cephalotes duckei Forel, 1906
Species	Cephalotes ecuadorialis De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes eduarduli Forel, 1921
Species	Cephalotes elegans Smith, 1853
Species	Cephalotes elevatus Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995
Species	Cephalotes elongatus Klug, 1824
Species	Cephalotes emeryi Forel, 1912
Species	Cephalotes exiguus Smith, 1867
Species	Cephalotes femoralis Smith, 1853
Species	Cephalotes fenestralis Smith, 1876
Species	Cephalotes fervidus Smith, 1876
Species	Cephalotes fides Santschi, 1916 ⇒ Cephalotes liogaster
Species	Cephalotes fiebrigi Forel, 1906
Species	Cephalotes flavigaster De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes flavomaculatus Mayr, 1862
Species	Cephalotes fleddermanni Kempf, 1958
Species	Cephalotes foliaceus Emery, 1906
Species	Cephalotes fossithorax Santschi, 1921
Species	Cephalotes frigidus Kempf, 1960
Species	Cephalotes gabicamacho Oliveira, Powell & Feitosa, 2021
Species	Cephalotes gibbosus Smith, 1876
Species	Cephalotes goeldii Forel, 1912
Species	Cephalotes goniodontes De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes goniodontus De Andrade, 1999 ⇒ Cephalotes goniodontes
Species	Cephalotes grandinosis F.Smith, 0
Species	Cephalotes grandinosus Smith, 1860 Pimpled diplodon	2	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes guayaki De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes guttatus Santschi, 1929	1	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes guttifer Santschi, 1919 ⇒ Cephalotes fiebrigi
Species	Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis Latreille, 1802	2	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes hamulus Roger, 1863	2	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes haytianus Roger, 1863
Species	Cephalotes hirsutus De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes hispaniolicus ♰ De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes iheringi Santschi, 1931	1	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes inaequalis Mann, 1916 Narrow-hinge astarte
Species	Cephalotes inca Santschi, 1911 Wavy-line astarte
Species	Cephalotes incertus Emery, 1906
Species	Cephalotes insularis Wheeler, 1934
Species	Cephalotes integerrimus ♰ Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995 Lesser tagelus
Species	Cephalotes jamaicensis Forel, 1922
Species	Cephalotes jansei ♰ Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995 Lesser tagelus
Species	Cephalotes jheringi Emery, 1894
Species	Cephalotes jucundus Smith, 1876
Species	Cephalotes klugi Emery, 1894
Species	Cephalotes kukulcan Snelling, 1999
Species	Cephalotes kululcan Snelling, 1999
Species	Cephalotes laevigatus Dejean, 1828
Species	Cephalotes laminatus Smith, 1860 Pimpled diplodon	1	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes lanuginosus Santschi, 1919 Rose-painted semele
Species	Cephalotes lenca De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes liepini De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes liogaster Santschi, 1916
Species	Cephalotes liviaprado Oliveira, Powell & Feitosa, 2021
Species	Cephalotes lobigaster Santschi, 1919	1	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes maculatus Smith, 1876 Purplish tagelus	2	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes magdalenensis Smith, 1876
Species	Cephalotes manni Kempf, 1951 Atlantic sanguin
Species	Cephalotes marginatus Fabricius, 1804 Hairy cockle
Species	Cephalotes mariadeandrade Oliveira, Powell & Feitosa, 2021
Species	Cephalotes marycorn Oliveira, Powell & Feitosa, 2021
Species	Cephalotes maya ♰ De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes medusa Emery, 1896 ⇒ Cephalotes bohlsi
Species	Cephalotes membranaceus Klug, 1824
Species	Cephalotes minutus Fabricius, 1804 Hairy cockle
Species	Cephalotes mompox De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes monicaulyssea Oliveira, Powell & Feitosa, 2021
Species	Cephalotes multispinosus Norton, 1868 Bumpy cyclocardia
Species	Cephalotes multispinus Emery, 1890	1	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes multistrigus Ashmead, 1905
Species	Cephalotes nanus Smith, 1876
Species	Cephalotes nevadensis Smith, 1860 ⇒ Cephalotes grandinosus
Species	Cephalotes nilpiei De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes nitidiventris Linnaeus, 1758 ⇒ Cephalotes atratus
Species	Cephalotes nobilis Dejean, 1828
Species	Cephalotes notatus Mayr, 1866 Green blossom, Green-blossom pearly mussel
Species	Cephalotes obscurus ♰ Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995 Lesser tagelus
Species	Cephalotes obtusus Smith, 1858
Species	Cephalotes oculatus Spinola, 1853
Species	Cephalotes olmecus ♰ De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes opacus Santschi, 1920 Giant cleftclam
Species	Cephalotes orbis Forel, 1906
Species	Cephalotes pallens Klug, 1824	3	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes pallidicephalus Smith, 1876 Purplish tagelus
Species	Cephalotes pallidoides De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes pallidus De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes palta De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes palustris De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes pampaensis Forel, 1912 ⇒ Cephalotes bruchi
Species	Cephalotes patei Kempf, 1951 Atlantic sanguin
Species	Cephalotes patellaris Mayr, 1866 Green blossom, Green-blossom pearly mussel
Species	Cephalotes pavonii Latreille, 1809 Cancellate semele
Species	Cephalotes pellans De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes peltatus Emery, 1894	5	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes persimilis De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes persimplex De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes peruviensis De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes pileini De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes pilosus Emery, 1896 Textured sportella
Species	Cephalotes pinelii Guérin-Méneville, 1844 Pacific false-bean
Species	Cephalotes placidus Smith, 1860 Pimpled diplodon
Species	Cephalotes poinari ♰ Baroni Urbani, 1999
Species	Cephalotes politus Dejean, 1828
Species	Cephalotes porrasi Wheeler, 1942
Species	Cephalotes prodigiosus Santschi, 1921
Species	Cephalotes pseudoaztecus Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995
Species	Cephalotes punctatus Mayr, 1862
Species	Cephalotes pusillus Klug, 1824	2	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes quadratus Mayr, 1868
Species	Cephalotes quadridens De Geer, 1773
Species	Cephalotes quadriguttatus Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Species	Cephalotes quadrimaculatus Klug, 1824
Species	Cephalotes ramiphilus Forel, 1904
Species	Cephalotes resinae ♰ De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes ridiculus Santschi, 1915 ⇒ Cephalotes bruchi
Species	Cephalotes rohweri Wheeler, 1916 Yoldia macoma
Species	Cephalotes ruficeps Mayr, 1862 ⇒ Cephalotes angustus
Species	Cephalotes rufipes Guérin-Méneville, 1829
Species	Cephalotes rufiventris Linnaeus, 1758
Species	Cephalotes scutulatus Smith, 1867 False-bean
Species	Cephalotes semistriatus Dejean, 1828
Species	Cephalotes serraticeps Smith, 1858 Louisiana pearlshell
Species	Cephalotes serratus ♰ Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995 Lesser tagelus
Species	Cephalotes setulifer Emery, 1894	1	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes silvae Forel, 1906
Species	Cephalotes simillimus Kempf, 1951 Atlantic sanguin
Species	Cephalotes sobrius Kempf, 1958 Atlantic semele
Species	Cephalotes solidus Kempf, 1974 Purplish semele
Species	Cephalotes sorocabensis Klug, 1824 ⇒ Cephalotes depressus
Species	Cephalotes spec Latreille, 1809
Species	Cephalotes specularis Brandão & al., 2014 Mirror turtle ants
Species	Cephalotes spinosus Mayr, 1862
Species	Cephalotes spissus Fabricius, 1804 ⇒ Cephalotes marginatus
Species	Cephalotes squamosus ♰ Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995 Lesser tagelus
Species	Cephalotes striativentris Emery, 1894
Species	Cephalotes sucinus ♰ De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes supercili De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes supercilii De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes taino ♰ De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes targionii Emery, 1894
Species	Cephalotes texanus Santschi, 1915 Plain tellin
Species	Cephalotes toltecus De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes trichophorus De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes trivialis Santschi, 1922 ⇒ Cephalotes bivestitus
Species	Cephalotes truncatus Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995
Species	Cephalotes umbraculatus Fabricius, 1804 Hairy cockle
Species	Cephalotes unimaculatus Smith, 1853 Neighbor tagelus
Species	Cephalotes ustus Kempf, 1973 Clipped semele
Species	Cephalotes varians Smith, 1876 Purplish tagelus	2	Subspecies
Species	Cephalotes variegata Smith, 1867 ⇒ Cephalotes conspersus
Species	Cephalotes ventriosus ♰ De Andrade, 1999
Species	Cephalotes vinosus Wheeler, 1936 Sybaritic tellin
Species	Cephalotes volxemi Emery, 1878
Species	Cephalotes vulgaris Fischer von Waldheim, 1824
Species	Cephalotes wheeleri Forel, 1901