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

Fossil Cephalotes alveolatus

Non-Parasitic Queen Não Gamergate
Nome científico
Cephalotes alveolatus
Tribo
Attini
Subfamília
Myrmicinae
Autor
Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995
Fóssil
Sim (espécie fóssil)
Distribuição
Encontrada em 0 países

Introdução

Cephalotes alveolatus is an extinct species of turtle ant known only from fossils preserved in Dominican amber dating to the Miocene epoch, approximately 15-20 million years ago . Workers measured 5.56-6.32mm in total length, featuring abundant erect clubbed hairs covering the body, a pair of denticles on the vertex, and distinctive pronotal lamellae. The species belongs to the coffeae clade and is unique within this group for having abundant clavate hairs . This ant cannot be kept in captivity - it went extinct millions of years ago and only fossil specimens preserved in amber exist.

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Status por país, desde Kass et al. 2022 & Wong et al. 2023

Nativa Invasiva Introduzida (Ambiente urbano/interno) Interceptada Desconhecido
Fontes de dados
Intervalo de anos 2000 - 2026
Fossil

No caresheet needed

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