Cephalotes umbraculatus

Cephalotes umbraculatus 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 a tree. They are also known as gliding ants.^[1][2]

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