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Cephalotes minutus

Synonyms: Cryptocerus cognatus; Cryptocerus exiguus; Cryptocerus minutus; Cryptocerus quadrimaculatus; Cryptocerus volxemi

Wikipedia Abstract

Cephalotes minutus 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.
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Prey / Diet

Turnera scabra (ramgoat dashalong)[1]

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♦ 1Effects of ant behaviour and presence of extrafloral nectaries on seed dispersal of the Neotropical myrmecochore Turnera ulmifolia L. (Turneraceae), MARIANA CUAUTLE, VICTOR RICO-GRAY and CECILIA DIAZ-CASTELAZO, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2005, 86, 67–77.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0