Taxonomic history
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 284 (s.).Combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999 PDF: 283.
Cephalotes ustus 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 ustus 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.