Taxonomic history
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 528 (s.w.).Combination in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Kempf, 1958a: 138.Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991 PDF: 385.Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 528.
Cephalotes crenaticeps 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 crenaticeps 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.
