Cephalotes frigidus

Cephalotes frigidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Apocrita
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Cephalotes
Species:	C. frigidus
Binomial name
Cephalotes frigidus

Cephalotes frigidus 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 (February 10 2005). "Directed aerial descent in canopy ants". Nature 433 (702): 6624�6. doi:10.1038/nature03254. PMID 15703745. 

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