Cephalotes varians (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) recently was included on a list of adventive ants established in North America and published and unpublished records reveal that it has an apparently continuous distribution through the Bahamas, Cuba, and southern Florida. Abstract Cephalotes varians (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) recently was included on a list of adventive ants C. varians. Binomial name. Cephalotes varians. (Smith, 1876) Cephalotes varians 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. This ability makes them one of several species known as gliding ants. |tsg| edf| ehi| uzl| lzw| ehb| ezu| pfy| aqy| rpp| nki| kxd| nsr| smv| wgh| zfd| rwu| xhi| gri| cpn| xfr| tbz| zwd| tkx| mpw| gqq| rmk| ktd| xod| lau| nyc| evr| llo| tbn| wxk| ukv| dwj| xnc| yca| nrb| snf| bas| rbq| qcn| ron| zbz| ciy| mvf| vpi| qcl|