Cephalotes taino

Short description: Species of ant

Cephalotes taino

Scientific classification
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Animalia

Phylum:  |

Arthropoda

Class:  |

Insecta

Order:  |

Hymenoptera

Suborder:  |

Apocrita

Family:  |

Formicidae

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Myrmicinae

Genus:  |

Cephalotes

Species:  |

C. taino

Binomial name
Cephalotes taino

Cephalotes taino 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, 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.

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