Taxonomic history
Emery, 1890c PDF: 75 (s.q.); Emery, 1894d PDF: 208 (s.); Forel, 1908 PDF: 354 (m.); De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 391 (m.).Combination in Cryptocerus (Cyathocephalus): Santschi, 1916e PDF: 283.Combination in Paracryptocerus (Harnedia): Kempf, 1952 PDF: 22.Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991 PDF: 388.Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 390.Literature records: Ñeembucú (de Andrade & Baroni-Urbani 1999).
Cephalotes pinelii 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]
Cephalotes pinelii 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.