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| name = ''Cephalotes goeldii''
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| genus = Cephalotes
| species = goeldii
| phylum = [[Arthropoda]]
| authority = ([[Auguste Forel|Forel]], 1912)
| classis = [[Insecta]]
| ordo = [[Hymenoptera]]
| subordo = [[Apocrita]]
| familia = [[Formicidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Myrmicinae]]
| genus = '''[[Cephalotes]]'''
| species = '''''C. goeldii'''''
| binomial = ''Cephalotes goeldii''
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'''''Cephalotes goeldii''''' is a species of [[arboreal]] ant of the genus '''[[Cephalotes]]''', characterized by an shaped odd head, and the ability to "parachute" by steering their fall if they drop off of the tree they're on. Giving their name aslo as [[gliding ant]]s.<ref>Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des crustaces et des insectes. Vol. 3. ''F. Dufart, Paris''. 467 pp. [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/social_insects/ants/publications/0242/0242.pdf PDF]</ref><ref>{{cite journal | first = SP | last = Yanoviak | coauthors = Dudley R, Kaspari M | year = 2005 | month = February 10 | title = Directed aerial descent in canopy ants | journal = Nature | volume = 433 | issue = 702 | pages = 6624�6 | pmid = 15703745 | accessdate = 2006-05-30 | doi = 10.1038/nature03254}}</ref>
'''''Cephalotes goeldii''''' 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 ant]]s.<ref>Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des crustaces et des insectes. Vol. 3. ''F. Dufart, Paris''. 467 pp. [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/social_insects/ants/publications/0242/0242.pdf PDF]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Yanoviak | first1 = S. P. | last2 = Munk | first2 = Y. | last3 = Dudley | first3 = R. | doi = 10.1093/icb/icr006 | title = Evolution and Ecology of Directed Aerial Descent in Arboreal Ants | journal = Integrative and Comparative Biology | volume = 51 | issue = 6 | pages = 944–956 | year = 2011 | pmid = 21562023| doi-access = free }}</ref>


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Cephalotes goeldii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Cephalotes
Species:
C. goeldii
Binomial name
Cephalotes goeldii
(Forel, 1912)

Cephalotes goeldii 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

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