Cephalotes serratus

Species of ant

Cephalotes serratus

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Hymenoptera
Family:  | Formicidae
Subfamily:  | Myrmicinae
Genus:  | Cephalotes
Species:  |

†C. serratus

Binomial name
†Cephalotes serratus

(Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995)

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.[1][2]

## References

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1. ^ Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des crustaces et des insectes. Vol. 3. F. Dufart, Paris. 467 pp. PDF
2. ^ Yanoviak, S. P.; Munk, Y.; Dudley, R. (2011). "Evolution and Ecology of Directed Aerial Descent in Arboreal Ants". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 51 (6): 944–956. doi:10.1093/icb/icr006. PMID 21562023.

Taxon identifiers

Cephalotes serratus|

* Wikidata: Q5063464
* Wikispecies: Cephalotes serratus
* CoL: 5XJRL
* EoL: 418486
* GBIF: 5035953
* IRMNG: 10596476
* ITIS: 578824
* Open Tree of Life: 3255840
* Paleobiology Database: 226354

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