Cephalotes fossithorax

Species of ant

Cephalotes fossithorax

Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Insecta

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Hymenoptera

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Apocrita

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Formicidae

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Myrmicinae

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Cephalotes

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C. fossithorax

Binomial name
Cephalotes fossithorax

Santschi,1921[1]

Cephalotes fossithorax is a species of arboreal ant of the genus Cephalotes, characterized by an odd shaped head and the ability to "parachute" by steering during a fall. See also gliding ants.[2][3] The species was originally reported as Cryptocerus fossithorax in 1921, a name which is now obsolete.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Santschi, F. 1921h. Quelques nouveaux Cryptocerus de l'Argentine et pays voisins. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 92:124-128.
2. ^ Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des crustaces et des insectes. Vol. 3. F. Dufart, Paris. 467 pp. PDF
3. ^ 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.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5063396
* Wikispecies: Cephalotes fossithorax
* CoL: 69K34
* EoL: 395731
* GBIF: 5035906
* iNaturalist: 858213
* IRMNG: 10995214
* ITIS: 578758

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