Pheidole megacephala

Pheidole megacephala
African Big-headed Ant
(Pheidole megacephala)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Pheidole
Species:
P. megacephala
Binomial name
Pheidole megacephala
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms

Atta testacea Smith 1858
Formica edax Forskal 1775
Myrmica laevigata F. Smith
Myrmica suspiciosa Smith 1859
Myrmica trinodis Losana 1834
Oecophthora perniciosa Gerstacker 1859
Oecophthora pusilla Heer 1852
Pheidole janus F. Smith
Pheidole laevigata Mayr

Pheidole megacephala is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is commonly known as the big-headed ant in the US and the coastal brown ant in Australia. It is a very successful invasive species and is considered a danger to native ants in Australia and other places. It is regarded as one of the world's worst invasive ant species.

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