Cephalotes squamosus

Species of ant

Cephalotes squamosus

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. squamosus

Binomial name
Cephalotes squamosus

Cephalotes squamosus 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[edit]

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|

* Wikidata: Q5063471
* Wikispecies: Cephalotes squamosus
* CoL: 69JRK
* EoL: 483246
* Fossilworks: 226359
* GBIF: 5035883
* IRMNG: 11111188
* ITIS: 578830

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