Cephalotes argentiventris
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| Cephalotes argentiventris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Cephalotes |
| Species: | C. argentiventris |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephalotes argentiventris De Andrade, 1999 | |
Cephalotes argentiventris 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 (a behavior known as directed aerial descent or DAD), giving their name also as gliding ants.[1][2]