Cephalotes pusillus

Cephalotes pusillus

''Cephalotes pusillus'' 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.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyFormicidae
GenusCephalotes
SpeciesC. pusillus
Photographed in
Paraguay