Cephalotes rohweri

These ants nest in branches and limbs of oaks (Quercus spp.). Food consists of honeydew and small arthropods.

Distribution
United States: Southern AZ, may occur in western NM. Mexico.

This taxon was described from United States.

Nomenclature

 *  rohweri. Cryptocerus (Cyathocephalus) rohweri Wheeler, W.M. 1916f: 32, fig. 2 (s.w.) U.S.A. Smith, M.R. 1947a: 35 (q.). Combination in Cryptocerus (Cryptocerus): Smith, M.R. 1947a: 34; in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Smith, M.R. 1951a: 825; in Zacryptocerus: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1403; in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 568. See also: Kempf, 1958a: 129; Creighton & Nutting, 1965: 59.