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Cephalotes palustris

Cephalotes palustris

Classification

Class
Insecta

Cephalotes palustris 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 are on. Giving their name also as gliding ants.

Distribution

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