Cephalotes manni

Cephalotes manni 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] The species is native of Nicaragua and a large part of the north of South America.^[3] Their larger and flatter legs, a trait common with other members of the genus Cephalotes, gives them their gliding abilities.^[4]

Cephalotes manni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Cephalotes
Species:	C. manni
Binomial name
Cephalotes manni (Kempf, 1951)

The species was first given a description and a classification in 1951 by Brazilian entomologist Walter Wolfgang Kempf.