Cephalotes christopherseni

Cephalotes christopherseni 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. They are known also as gliding ants.^[1][2]

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