Taxonomic history
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986f PDF: 494 (l.); De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 211 (q.m.).Combination in Cryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Emery, 1924f PDF: 307.Combination in Paracryptocerus: Kempf, 1951 PDF: 166.Combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991 PDF: 385.Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 211.Raised to species: Kempf, 1972b PDF: 176.
Cephalotes christopherseni 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. They are known also as gliding ants.[1][2]
Cephalotes christopherseni 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. They are known also as gliding ants.
