# Cephalotes lenca

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{{Short description|Species of ant}}
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| genus = Cephalotes
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| authority = De Andrade, 1999
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'''''Cephalotes lenca''''' is a [species](/source/species) of [arboreal](/source/arboreal) [ant](/source/ant) of the [genus](/source/genus) ''[Cephalotes](/source/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 ant](/source/gliding_ant)s.<ref>Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des crustaces et des insectes. Vol. 3. ''F. Dufart, Paris''. 467 pp. [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/social_insects/ants/publications/0242/0242.pdf PDF]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Yanoviak | first1 = S. P. | last2 = Munk | first2 = Y. | last3 = Dudley | first3 = R. | doi = 10.1093/icb/icr006 | title = Evolution and Ecology of Directed Aerial Descent in Arboreal Ants | journal = Integrative and Comparative Biology | volume = 51 | issue = 6 | pages = 944–956 | year = 2011 | pmid =  21562023| doi-access = free }}</ref> The species is native of [Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua) and [Honduras](/source/Honduras).<ref>{{cite web |title=Species Range Maps |url=http://antmaps.org/?mode=species&species=Cephalotes.lenca |website=Antmaps.org |access-date=26 January 2019}}</ref> Their larger and flatter legs, a trait common with other members of the genus ''Cephalotes'', gives them their gliding abilities.<ref>{{cite book |last1=De Andrade |first1=Maria |last2=Urbani |first2=Cesare |title=Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) |date=1999 |publisher=Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Palaeontologie) |pages=[https://archive.org/details/biostor-102758/page/n615 612]-613 |url=https://archive.org/details/biostor-102758 |access-date=26 January 2019}}</ref>

The species was first given a description and a classification in 1999 by Brazilian [entomologist](/source/Entomology) [Maria de Andrade](/source/Maria_de_Andrade).

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