Cephalotes prodigiosus
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| Cephalotes prodigiosus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Cephalotes |
| Species: | C. prodigiosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cephalotes prodigiosus (Santschi, 1921)
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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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