Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis

Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis 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 while dropping from a tree. This species of ant is one of several gliding ants.^[1][2]

Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Cephalotes
Species:	C. haemorrhoidalis
Binomial name
Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis (Latreille, 1802)