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Cephalotes varians

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Insecta

Suborder
  
Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Family
  
Formicidae

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Cephalotes varians 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. Giving their name also as gliding ants.

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Cephalotes varians Wikipedia