Cephalotes lenca

Short description: Species of ant

Cephalotes lenca

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Hymenoptera
Family:  | Formicidae
Subfamily:  | Myrmicinae
Genus:  | Cephalotes
Species:  |

C. lenca

Binomial name
Cephalotes lenca

De Andrade, 1999

Cephalotes lenca 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] The species is native of Nicaragua and Honduras.[3] Their larger and flatter legs, a trait common with other members of the genus Cephalotes, gives them their gliding abilities.[4]

The species was first given a description and a classification in 1999 by Brazilian entomologist Maria de Andrade.

## 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, 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.
3. ↑ "Species Range Maps". http://antmaps.org/?mode=species&species=Cephalotes.lenca.
4. ↑ De Andrade, Maria; Urbani, Cesare (1999). Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Palaeontologie). pp. 612-613. https://archive.org/details/biostor-102758. Retrieved 26 January 2019.

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