Cephalotes patei: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Cephalotes
- Species
- Cephalotes patei
- Scientific Name
- Cephalotes patei
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cephalotes patei
Cephalotes patei 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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