Cephalotes prodigiosus

Species of ant

Cephalotes prodigiosus

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

C. prodigiosus

Binomial name
Cephalotes prodigiosus

(Santschi, 1921)

Cephalotes prodigiosus 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 the tree they're on, giving them the name of gliding ants as well.[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+prodigiosus" class="Z3988">

Taxon identifiers

Cephalotes prodigiosus|

* Wikidata: Q5063456
* Wikispecies: Cephalotes prodigiosus
* CoL: 5XJSH
* EoL: 475528
* GBIF: 5035916
* IRMNG: 10949270
* ITIS: 578816
* Open Tree of Life: 3255855

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