Cephalotes pusillus

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| genus = Cephalotes

| species = pusillus

| authority = (Klug, 1824)

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Cephalotes pusillus is a species of arboreal ant in the genus Cephalotes, described in 1824 and characterized by its oddly shaped head and ability to glide if it falls from a tree, as gliding ants do.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]{{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 }}