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Genus Cephalotes - Turtle Ants

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods

Subphylum Hexapoda - Hexapods

Class Insecta - Insects

Order Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies

No Taxon Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps

Superfamily Formicoidea - Ants

Family Formicidae - Ants

Subfamily Myrmicinae

Tribe Attini

Genus Cephalotes - Turtle Ants

Species texanus - Texas Turtle Ant
Species rohweri - Arizona Turtle Ant
Species varians - Cephalotes varians

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