Cephalotes bivestitus

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Cephalotes bivestitus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Cephalotes
Species:
C. bivestitus
Binomial name
Cephalotes bivestitus
(Santschi, 1922)

Cephalotes bivestitus 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're on, thus they are known also as gliding ants. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des crustaces et des insectes. Vol. 3. F. Dufart, Paris. 467 pp. PDF
  2. Yanoviak, S. P.; Munk, Y.; Dudley, R. (2011). "Evolution and Ecology of Directed Aerial Descent in Arboreal Ants". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 51 (6): 944–956. doi: 10.1093/icb/icr006 . PMID   21562023.