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Cephalotes jheringi

Cephalotes jheringi

Family: Formicidae
Order: Hymenoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
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Cephalotes jheringi 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 are on. Giving their name also as gliding ants.

Source: Wikipedia, article Cephalotes jheringi. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.





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Count: 20

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Photography ID: 619276
♀  Adult
Vicente López
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/18/2025
Marcos Garberoglio
Foto
Photography ID: 439075
  Adult
Rincón de Milberg
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/30/2021
Alec Earnshaw
Foto
Photography ID: 391596
  Adult
Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
01/06/2020
Eduardo Beltrocco
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Photography ID: 368499
  Adult
Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
12/17/2019
Eduardo Beltrocco



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240067012/12/202507:34ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresVereda exterior norte, Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)1Gustavo Fernando Durán
223812118/01/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente LópezMarcos Garberoglio
212660101/08/2024ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Ciudad Universitaria - Costanera Norte (RECU-CN)Marcos Garberoglio
197692218/02/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Ingeniero MaschwitzMarcos Garberoglio
177450212/01/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Ecológica Vicente LópezAlec Earnshaw
150316520/11/2021ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Lago LuganoEduardo Nadal
138682030/03/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino de los Remeros, Rincón de MilbergAlec Earnshaw
133713002/12/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Natural Municipal Ribera Norte (San Isidro)Diego Alfonso Rosa
118781204/02/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Natural Municipal Ribera Norte (San Isidro)Diego Alfonso Rosa
123107006/01/2020ArgentinaSanta FeCostanera (iriondo y skate), Santo ToméEduardo Beltrocco
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Cephalotes jheringi – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.