Cephalotes notatus

Species of ant

Cephalotes notatus

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

C. notatus

Binomial name
Cephalotes notatus

(Mayr, 1866)

Cephalotes notatus 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

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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 21562023.944-956&rft.date=2011&rft_id=info:doi/10.1093/icb/icr006&rft_id=info:pmid/21562023&rft.aulast=Yanoviak&rft.aufirst=S.+P.&rft.au=Munk,+Y.&rft.au=Dudley,+R.&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1093%2Ficb%2Ficr006&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Cephalotes+notatus" class="Z3988">

Taxon identifiers

Cephalotes notatus|

* Wikidata: Q5063432
* Wikispecies: Cephalotes notatus
* CoL: 5XJSC
* EoL: 469320
* GBIF: 5035919
* iNaturalist: 937726
* IRMNG: 10596407
* ITIS: 578792
* NCBI: 606732
* Open Tree of Life: 3255862

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