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Cephalotes atratus

Giant turtle ant

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Cephalotes atratus

AntCat · view at source · updated on 23/08/2026
Author: (Linnaeus, 1758) species Valid name

Formicidae

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 · 3015 records GBIF · updated on 14/10/2026 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: 8 2011: 35 2012: 41 2013: 46 2014: 43 2015: 29 2016: 61 2017: 66 2018: 58 2019: 128 2020: 92 2021: 151 2022: 205 2023: 231 2024: 285 2025: 334 2026: 315
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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
20108
201135
201241
201346
201443
201529
201661
201766
201858
2019128
202092
2021151
2022205
2023231
2024285
2025334
2026315
Brazil · 1,079 Colombia · 488 Peru · 248 Ecuador · 240 Panama · 229 Trinidad & Tobago · 204 French Guiana · 131 Venezuela · 126 Bolivia · 75 Suriname · 68 Paraguay · 49 Guyana · 40 Argentina · 36 Costa Rica · 1 United States · 1
Panama 03/10/2026 · Mabelin · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Brazil 01/10/2026 · Eduardo · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Brazil 30/09/2026 · João Victor Alves de Andrade · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Colombia 30/09/2026 · Soraya Gonzalez · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Brazil 29/09/2026 · Gilvan Cordeiro · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Brazil 29/09/2026 · Jonatas Azaiel · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Brazil 29/09/2026 · Lívia Caroliny Araújo de Moura · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Brazil 29/09/2026 · CreamGala · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Panama 27/09/2026 · superkoolio · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Trinidad & Tobago 26/09/2026 · Bryan Ramdeen · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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