Cephalotes chacmul
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| Cephalotes chacmul | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Cephalotes |
| Species: | C. chacmul |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephalotes chacmul Snelling, 1999 | |
Cephalotes chacmul 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 are on. Due to this, their common name also is known as gliding ants.[1][2]