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Species Pheidole megacephala - Big-headed Ant

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Myrmicinae
Tribe Attini
Genus Pheidole (Big-headed Ants)
Species megacephala (Big-headed Ant)
Other Common Names
Pantropical Big-headed Ant
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Range
native to the Old World tropics(1) (originally recorded from Mauritius); introduced in Florida and other tropical/subtropical regions around the world.
Works Cited
1.Exotic ants in Florida
Deyrup M., Davis L., Cover S. 2000. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 126: 293-326.