Cephalotes maculatus Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
A colony of Cephalotes rohweri inhabits the abandoned burrow of a wood-boring beetle in a Palo Verde tree. Tucson, Arizona, USA
Cephalotes rohweri, the Arizona turtle ant. The broad head disc of this soldier is used in nature to block the nest entrance. This species nests in old burrows of wood-boring beetles and constantly faces usurpation by competing ants. Tucson, Arizona, USA