Cephalotes bivestitus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Cephalotes |
Species: | C. bivestitus
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Binomial name | |
Cephalotes bivestitus (
Santschi, 1922)
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Cephalotes bivestitus 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, thus they are known also as gliding ants. [1] [2]
Cephalotes bivestitus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Cephalotes |
Species: | C. bivestitus
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Binomial name | |
Cephalotes bivestitus (
Santschi, 1922)
|
Cephalotes bivestitus 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, thus they are known also as gliding ants. [1] [2]