''Cephalotes porrasi'' is a species of
arboreal ant of the genus ''
Cephalotes'', from central America. The soldier caste has the upper part of its head shaped like a disk. The worker caste has the ability to "parachute" by steering its fall if it drops off a tree, leading the ants to also have been classified as
gliding ant
Gliding ants are arboreal ants of several different genera that are able to control the direction of their descent when falling from a tree. Living in the rainforest canopy like many other gliders, gliding ants use their gliding to return to the ...
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References
External links
''Cephalotes porrasi'' at AntWiki
porrasi
Insects described in 1942
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