Scientific illustration of Cephalotes bloosi ant - showing key identification features including head, thorax, and gaster.

Fossil Cephalotes bloosi

Non-Parasitic Queen Tidak Gamergate
Nama Ilmiah
Cephalotes bloosi
Tribe
Attini
Subfamili
Myrmicinae
Penulis
Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 1999
Fosil
Ya (spesies fosil)
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Cephalotes bloosi is an extinct ant species known only from fossil specimens preserved in Dominican amber from the Miocene epoch . Workers measured 4.54mm in total length . The species is characterized by distinctive morphological features including a vertex without denticles, a broad continuous lamella along the pronotum, and three small lateral denticles on the propodeum . This species belongs to the coffeae clade of Cephalotes and was formally described in 1999 by Baroni Urbani and de Andrade . As a fossil species, no living colonies exist, and no biological or behavioral data can be gathered from observation of living specimens.

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Status berdasarkan negara, dari Kass et al. 2022 & Wong et al. 2023

Asli Invasif Introduksi (dalam ruangan) Dicegat Tidak diketahui
Sumber Data
Rentang Tahun 2000 - 2026
Fossil

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Cephalotes bloosi is a fossil species and does not require a caresheet.