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Cephalotes dieteri

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Suborder
  
Apocrita

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Hymenoptera

Family
  
Formicidae

Cephalotes dieteri 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. They are one type of gliding ants.

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Cephalotes dieteri Wikipedia