Biology:Cephalotes adolphi
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Short description: Species of ant
| Cephalotes adolphi | |
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| Holotype worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Cephalotes |
| Species: | C. adolphi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cephalotes adolphi (Emery, 1906)
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Cephalotes adolphi 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. Also known as gliding ants.[1][2] The species is native of Peru and of the Brazil states of Goiás, Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais.[3] Their larger and flatter legs, a trait common with other members of the genus Cephalotes, gives them their gliding abilities.
References
- ↑ Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des crustaces et des insectes. Vol. 3. F. Dufart, Paris. 467 pp. PDF
- ↑ Yanoviak, S. P.; Munk, Y.; Dudley, R. (2011). "Evolution and Ecology of Directed Aerial Descent in Arboreal Ants". Integrative and Comparative Biology 51 (6): 944–956. doi:10.1093/icb/icr006. PMID 21562023. http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/05/11/icb.icr006.full.pdf.
- ↑ "Species Range Maps". http://antmaps.org/?mode=species&species=Cephalotes.adolphi.
Wikidata ☰ Q5063347 entry
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