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Cephalotes persimilis
Cephalotes persimilis worker
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Cephalotes
Species:	C. persimilis
Binomial name
Cephalotes persimilis de Andrade, 1999

Cephalotes persimilis 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.

References

1. de Andrade, Maria L.; Urbani, Cesare Baroni (1999). "Diversity and Adaptation in the Ant Genus Cephalotes, Past and Present (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B. Geologie und Paläontologie. 271: 441–449.
2. Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des crustaces et des insectes. Vol. 3. F. Dufart, Paris. 467 pp. PDF
3. 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.

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Cephalotes persimilis at Wikimedia Commons

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