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Cephalotes maya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Apocrita
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Cephalotes
Species:	C. maya
Binomial name
*Cephalotes maya*

Cephalotes maya 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.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des crustaces et des insectes. Vol. 3. F. Dufart, Paris. 467 pp. PDF
^ Yanoviak, S. P.; Munk, Y.; Dudley, R. (2011). "Evolution and Ecology of Directed Aerial Descent in Arboreal Ants" (PDF). Integrative and Comparative Biology. 51 (6): 944–956. doi:10.1093/icb/icr006. PMID 21562023.

Taxon identifiers
Cephalotes maya	Wikidata: Q5063426 Wikispecies: Cephalotes maya CoL: 5XJQV EoL: 469322 GBIF: 5035992 IRMNG: 10682752 ITIS: 578786 Open Tree of Life: 3255912 Paleobiology Database: 256723

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