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Parent Taxon

• Formicidae

Sibling Taxa

• Acanthognathus
• Allomerus
• Attina
• Basiceros
• Blepharidatta
• Cephalotes
• Chimaeridris
• Colobostruma
• Daceton
• Diaphoromyrma
• Epopostruma
• Eurhopalothrix
• Lachnomyrmex
• Lenomyrmex
• Mesostruma
• Microdaceton
• Ochetomyrmex
• Octostruma
• Orectognathus
• Pheidole
• Procryptocerus
• Protalaridris
• Rhopalothrix
• Strumigenys
• Talaridris
• Tranopelta
• Wasmannia

Child Taxa

• Cephalotes angustus
• Cephalotes atratus
• Cephalotes basalis
• Cephalotes bimaculatus
• Cephalotes clypeatus
• Cephalotes coffeae
• Cephalotes crenaticeps
• Cephalotes depressus
• Cephalotes emeryi
• Cephalotes fiebrigi
• Cephalotes grandinosus
• Cephalotes hamulus
• Cephalotes manni
• Cephalotes multispinosus
• Cephalotes pallens
• Cephalotes patei
• Cephalotes pinelii
• Cephalotes prodigiosus
• Cephalotes pusillus
• Cephalotes solidus
• Cephalotes texanus
• Cephalotes umbraculatus
• Cephalotes wheeleri

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