Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis

Species of ant

Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis

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

C. haemorrhoidalis

Binomial name
Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis

(Latreille, 1802)

Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis 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 while dropping from a tree. This species of ant is one of several gliding ants.[1][2]

## References

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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.

Taxon identifiers

Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis|

* Wikidata: Q5063402
* Wikispecies: Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis
* CoL: 69JR3
* EoL: 418527
* GBIF: 5035975
* IRMNG: 11141719
* ITIS: 578764

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