Cephalotes obscurus is an extinct 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.

[3] Their larger and flatter legs, a trait common with other members of the genus Cephalotes, gave them their gliding abilities.

[4] The species was first given a description and a classification in 1995 by German entomologists Gijsbertus Vierbergen and Joachim Scheven.

[5] It was discovered fosillized in amber on the island of Hispaniola in the Dominican Republic.

[6] This species, probably native to Hispaniola as well as the Lesser Antilles, although lack of sufficient evidence makes this uncertain.