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Cephalotes laminatus

Cephalotes laminatus

Classification

Class
Insecta

Cephalotes laminatus 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. Description The species is native of the center of South America, from the Brazilian state of Pará in the east to Ecuador and Peru in the west, as well as in the state of Veracruz in Mexico.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog