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Cephalotes porrasi
Cephalotes porrasi
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
Cephalotes porrasi is a species of arboreal ant of the genus Cephalotes, from central America. The soldier caste has the upper part of its head shaped like a disk. The worker caste has the ability to "parachute" by steering its fall if it drops off a tree, leading the ants to also have been classified as gliding ants.
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Distribution
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Sources and credits
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