Taxonomic history
Smith, 1853 PDF: 217 (q.m.); Forel, 1906d PDF: 235 (s.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1954b PDF: 152 (l.).Combination in Cephalotes: Emery, 1914b PDF: 39.Combination in Cryptocerus (Zacryptocerus): Wheeler, 1916f PDF: 326.Combination in Zacryptocerus: Wheeler, 1911g PDF: 175; Emery, 1915g PDF: 192; Santschi, 1916e PDF: 283.Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 286.See also: Kempf, 1951 PDF: 136; Kempf, 1973c PDF: 456.Alto Paraguay, Amambay, Caaguazú , Canindeyú , Concepción , Cordillera, Guairá , Itapúa , Misiones, Ñeembucú , Paraguarí , Pte. Hayes, “Paraguay” (s. loc.) (ALWC, IFML, INBP, LACM, MCSN, MHNG, MZSP, NHMB, NHMW). Literature records: Alto Paraná , Amambay, Caaguazú , Central, Cordillera, Guairá , Misiones, “Paraguay” (s. loc.) (de Andrade & Baroni-Urbani 1999, Emery 1896b, Emery 1906, Forel 1906, Santschi 1916).
Cephalotes clypeatus 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. This ability has given them the name gliding ants.[1][2]
Cephalotes clypeatus 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. This ability has given them the name gliding ants.
