Cephalotes dorbignyanus
Species of ant
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Cephalotes dorbignyanus 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.[1][2]
| Cephalotes dorbignyanus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Cephalotes |
| Species: | C. dorbignyanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephalotes dorbignyanus (Smith, 1853) | |