Cephalotes persimilis

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Cephalotes persimilis
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Cephalotes persimilis worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Suborder:
Apocrita
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Myrmicinae
Genus:
Cephalotes
Species:
C. persimilis
Binomial name
Cephalotes persimilis
de Andrade, 1999 [1]

Cephalotes persimilis 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. Giving their name also as gliding ants. [2] [3]

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<i>Cephalotes minutus</i> Species of ant

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<i>Cephalotes pinelii</i> Species of ant

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<i>Cephalotes targionii</i> Species of ant

Cephalotes targionii 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. Giving their name also as gliding ants.

Cephalotes ventriosus 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. Giving their name also as gliding ants.

Cephalotes biguttatus 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. Giving their name also as gliding ants. A member of the multispinosus clade differing from its outgroup species by the presence of gastral spots and from the two ingroups by the superficial sculpture of the worker and soldier, and, in the soldier only, by the absence of cephalic disc.

<i>Cephalotes clypeatus</i> Species of ant

Cephalotes clypeatus 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. Giving their name also as gliding ants.

Cephalotes cordatus 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. Giving their name also as gliding ants. The species is native across the north of South America, from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais to Venezuela, as well as in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. Their larger and flatter legs, a trait common with other members of the genus Cephalotes, gives them their gliding abilities.

<i>Cephalotes inca</i> Species of ant

Cephalotes inca 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. Also known as gliding ants. The species is native in Ecuador and Peru Their larger and flatter legs, a trait common with other members of the genus Cephalotes, gives them their gliding abilities.

References

  1. ↑ de Andrade, Maria L.; Urbani, Cesare Baroni (1999). "Diversity and Adaptation in the Ant Genus Cephalotes, Past and Present (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B. Geologie und Paläontologie. 271: 441–449.
  2. ↑ Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des crustaces et des insectes. Vol. 3. F. Dufart, Paris. 467 pp. PDF
  3. ↑ 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.


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