Cephalotes clypeatus

Hormiga Deslizante

Family: Formicidae
Order: Hymenoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Cephalotes clypeatus 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. This ability has given them the name gliding ants.

Source: Wikipedia, article Cephalotes clypeatus. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.

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31/05/2025

13:04

Argentina

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Puerto Iguazú

Gustavo Fernando Durán

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