Cephalotes borgmeieri (Kempf, 1951) is a animal in the Formicidae family, order Hymenoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Cephalotes borgmeieri (Kempf, 1951)
Cephalotes borgmeieri is an arboreal gliding ant species of the genus Cephalotes with an odd-shaped head and the ability to parachute from trees.
Cephalotes borgmeieri is a species of arboreal ant that belongs to the genus Cephalotes. This species is distinguished by its oddly shaped head, and has the ability to steer its fall to "parachute" if it falls off the tree it inhabits. For this ability, members of this genus are also commonly called gliding ants.
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Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886
Acromyrmex lobicornis (Emery, 1888)
Camponotus rufoglaucus (Jerdon, 1851)
Rhytidoponera metallica (Smith, 1858)
Carebara vidua Smith, 1858
Tetraponera allaborans (Walker, 1859)
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