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Cephalotes jheringi

Cephalotes jheringi

Family: Formicidae
Order: Hymenoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
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Cephalotes jheringi 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 are on. Giving their name also as gliding ants.

Source: Wikipedia, article Cephalotes jheringi. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 619276
♀  Adult
Vicente López
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/18/2025
Marcos Garberoglio



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
223812118/01/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente LópezMarcos Garberoglio
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Cephalotes jheringi – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 18/09/2026.