Biology:Cephalotes persimilis
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Short description: Species of ant
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Cephalotes |
| Species: | C. persimilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cephalotes persimilis de Andrade, 1999[1]
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Cephalotes persimilis 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.[2][3]
References
- ↑ de Andrade, Maria L.; Urbani, Cesare Baroni (1999). "Diversity and Adaptation in the Ant Genus Cephalotes, Past and Present (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B. Geologie und Paläontologie 271: 441–449. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30261649.
- ↑ 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.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5063447 entry
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