Cephalotes integerrimus
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| Cephalotes integerrimus | |
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| Dorsal view of Cephalotes integerrimus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Cephalotes |
| Species: | †C. integerrimus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cephalotes integerrimus (Vierbergen & Scheven, 1995) | |
Cephalotes integerrimus is an extinct 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] Their larger and flatter legs, a trait common with other members of the genus Cephalotes, gave them their gliding abilities.[3]
The species was first given a description and a classification by German entomologists Gijsbertus Vierbergen and Joachim Scheven in 1995. It was discovered fosillized in amber on the island of Hispaniola in the Dominican Republic.[4]
The holotype of the species measures 3.80 × 1.00 millimetres[5]