Cephalotes marginatus

Cephalotes marginatus 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 the northern half of South America, especially Amazon basin, Ecuador and Colombia.^[3] Their larger and flatter legs, a trait common with other members of the genus Cephalotes, gives them their gliding abilities.^[4]

Cephalotes marginatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Cephalotes
Species:	C. marginatus
Binomial name
Cephalotes marginatus (Fabricius, 1804)

The species was first given a description and a classification in 1804 by Danish entomologist Johan Christian Fabricius.