Cephalotes fossithorax

Cephalotes fossithorax is a species of arboreal ant of the genus Cephalotes, characterized by an odd shaped head and the ability to "parachute" by steering during a fall. See also gliding ants.^[2][3] The species was originally reported as Cryptocerus fossithorax in 1921, a name which is now obsolete.

Cephalotes fossithorax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Cephalotes
Species:	C. fossithorax
Binomial name
Cephalotes fossithorax (Santschi, 1921)[1]