Taxonomic history
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 468 (s.w.).Combination in Cryptocerus (Cyathocephalus): Emery, 1924f PDF: 311.Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 467.Subspecies of Cephalotes pallens: Emery, 1894d PDF: 213.Junior synonym of Cephalotes pallens: Kempf, 1958a: 151.Revived from synonymy: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 467.
Cephalotes patellaris 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]
Cephalotes patellaris 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.
