Biology:Cephalotes trichophorus

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Short description: Species of ant

Cephalotes trichophorus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Cephalotes
Species:
C. trichophorus
Binomial name
Cephalotes trichophorus
De Andrade, 1999

Cephalotes trichophorus 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]

References

  1. Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des crustaces et des insectes. Vol. 3. F. Dufart, Paris. 467 pp. PDF
  2. Yanoviak, SP; Dudley, R; Kaspari M, M (February 10, 2005). "Directed aerial descent in canopy ants". Nature 433 (702): 624–626. doi:10.1038/nature03254. PMID 15703745. 

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