Cephalotes umbraculatus
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| Cephalotes umbraculatus | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Cephalotes |
| Species: | C. umbraculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cephalotes umbraculatus (Fabricius, 1804)
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Cephalotes umbraculatus 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 a tree. They are also known as gliding ants.[1][2]
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