Cephalotes auriger: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Cephalotes
Species
Cephalotes auriger
Scientific Name
Cephalotes auriger

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Cephalotes auriger

Cephalotes auriger 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.

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