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Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Hymenoptera
family
Formicidae
genus
Pheidole
species
Pheidole megacephala

Name

Synonyms
Atta testacea Smith, 1858
Formica edax Forskål, 1775
Formica megacephala Fabricius, 1793
Myrmica laevigata Smith, 1855
Myrmica suspiciosa Smith, 1859
Myrmica trinodis Losana, 1834
Oecophthora perniciosa Gerstäcker, 1859
Oecophthora pusilla Heer, 1852
Pheidole janus Smith, 1858
Pheidole laevigata Mayr, 1862
Homonyms
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
Common names
Afrikansk kæmpehovedmyre in Danish
Big-headed ant, Brown house-ant , Coastal brown-ant, Lion ant in English
Bigheaded ant in English
Bigheaded ant in English
Fourmi à grosse tête in French
Grosskopfameise in language.
Lille brandmyre in Danish
big- headed ant in English
big-headed ant in language.
bigheaded ant in language.
brown house-ant in language.
coastal brown-ant in language.
lion ant in language.
African Big-headed Ant in English
Glimmende dikkop in Dutch
bigheaded ant in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Forshage (2017) "Hymenoptera update 2, sent as two word documents ""hymnyheter 17-2.rtf"", 2017-08-28."
  2. Krushelnycky et al. (2005), https://hdl.handle.net/10125/103
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