''Cephalotes frigidus'' is a species of
arboreal ant of the genus ''
Cephalotes.'' They are 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. As a result, they are also called
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
frigidus
Insects described in 1960
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