Cephalotes grandinosus | |
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Cephalotes grandinosus worker | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Cephalotes |
Species: | C. grandinosus
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Binomial name | |
Cephalotes grandinosus (Smith, 1860)
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Cephalotes grandinosus 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 from the tree they are on, giving their name also as gliding ants. [1] [2]
Cephalotes grandinosus | |
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Cephalotes grandinosus worker | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Cephalotes |
Species: | C. grandinosus
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Binomial name | |
Cephalotes grandinosus (Smith, 1860)
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Cephalotes grandinosus 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 from the tree they are on, giving their name also as gliding ants. [1] [2]