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Cephalotes atratus

Giant turtle ant

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Cephalotes atratus (Linnaeus, 1758)

GBIF · view at source · updated on 03/07/2026

Common Giant Turtle Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Cephalotes

Common Giant Turtle Ant

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 03/07/2026

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species of insect

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(c) Gerry van Tonder, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Gerry van Tonder · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Martin Galli, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Martin Galli · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Dieter Schulten, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Dieter Schulten · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Stephen Luk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Stephen Luk · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) David Torres, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by David Torres · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 15 countries · 2852 records GBIF · updated on 14/08/2026 Maximize Minimize
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Occurrences by year
1899: 69 1900: 1 1902: 2 1905: 1 1912: 11 1915: 1 1919: 1 1920: 36 1926: 1 1927: 6 1929: 1 1931: 1 1935: 23 1936: 1 1937: 11 1938: 11 1939: 6 1942: 2 1943: 1 1944: 4 1945: 1 1946: 2 1947: 1 1953: 2 1954: 6 1955: 9 1957: 1 1958: 1 1959: 20 1960: 2 1961: 4 1962: 13 1963: 1 1964: 7 1965: 3 1966: 1 1967: 2 1968: 4 1969: 4 1970: 6 1971: 23 1973: 6 1974: 4 1975: 8 1976: 20 1977: 5 1978: 5 1979: 2 1980: 5 1981: 11 1982: 15 1983: 22 1984: 12 1985: 55 1986: 14 1987: 8 1988: 4 1989: 19 1990: 5 1991: 21 1992: 19 1993: 26 1994: 18 1995: 7 1996: 19 1997: 4 1998: 5 1999: 10 2000: 5 2001: 5 2002: 13 2003: 18 2004: 34 2005: 41 2006: 5 2007: 10 2008: 11 2009: 24 2010: 7 2011: 32 2012: 15 2013: 39 2014: 34 2015: 25 2016: 55 2017: 63 2018: 55 2019: 120 2020: 91 2021: 151 2022: 200 2023: 230 2024: 282 2025: 324 2026: 242
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YearRecords
189969
19001
19022
19051
191211
19151
19191
192036
19261
19276
19291
19311
193523
19361
193711
193811
19396
19422
19431
19444
19451
19462
19471
19532
19546
19559
19571
19581
195920
19602
19614
196213
19631
19647
19653
19661
19672
19684
19694
19706
197123
19736
19744
19758
197620
19775
19785
19792
19805
198111
198215
198322
198412
198555
198614
19878
19884
198919
19905
199121
199219
199326
199418
19957
199619
19974
19985
199910
20005
20015
200213
200318
200434
200541
20065
200710
200811
200924
20107
201132
201215
201339
201434
201525
201655
201763
201855
2019120
202091
2021151
2022200
2023230
2024282
2025324
2026242
Brazil · 961 Colombia · 486 Peru · 240 Ecuador · 231 Panama · 226 Trinidad & Tobago · 201 Venezuela · 123 French Guiana · 122 Bolivia · 72 Suriname · 68 Paraguay · 49 Guyana · 38 Argentina · 33 Costa Rica · 1 United States · 1
Brazil 09/08/2026 · Cristiane Bolochio · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Venezuela 09/08/2026 · Simeon_Perez · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Brazil 09/08/2026 · edsonbolochio · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Brazil 09/08/2026 · Cristiane Bolochio · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Brazil 07/08/2026 · Female · Blue Niu · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Brazil 04/08/2026 · Teixeira · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
French Guiana 01/08/2026 · luzluz · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Trinidad & Tobago 30/07/2026 · Omar Monzon Carmona · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Peru 28/07/2026 · Walter Zoccarato · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Peru 27/07/2026 · Walter Zoccarato · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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