Cephalotes scutulatus (Smith F., 1867)

Aguilar-Mendez, Mario J., Rosas-Mejia, Madai, Vasquez-Bolanos, Miguel, Gonzalez-Hernandez, Gloria Angelica & Janda, Milan, 2021, New distributional records for ants and the evaluation of ant species richness and endemism patterns in Mexico, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 60630-60630 : 60630

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scientific name

Cephalotes scutulatus (Smith F., 1867)
status

 

Cephalotes scutulatus (Smith F., 1867)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: adult; reproductiveCondition: non-reproductive; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia ; phylum: Arthropoda ; class: Insecta ; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Cephalotes ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Smith F., 1867); Location : country: Mexico; stateProvince: Puebla; locality: Yohualichan ; verbatimElevation: 615 m; decimalLatitude: 20.061324; decimalLongitude: -97.503212; Identification: identifiedBy: Aguilar-Méndez M.J.; Rosas-Mejía M.; Vásquez-Bolaños M.; Event: samplingProtocol: Hand collecting; year: 2016; month: 7; day: 4; habitat: induced grassland GoogleMaps GoogleMaps

Distribution

Cephalotes scutulatus (Smith F., 1867) have a known distribution that goes all the way from Colombia to the State of Texas in the U.S. In Mexico, they are recorded from several States, some of which border the State of Puebla. This solitary ant was found foraging on a tree in the archaeological zone of Yohualichan, Puebla, at 21.36 ºC of amt and 172.25 mm/cm2 of amp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Cephalotes