Cephalotes quadratus
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| Cephalotes quadratus | |
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| Cephalotes quadratus worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Cephalotes |
| Species: | C. quadratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephalotes quadratus (Mayr, 1868) | |
Cephalotes quadratus 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]
