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African Big-headed Ant Pheidole megacephala

Photo: Mark Yokoyama

Classification

Myrmicinae [subfamily]
Pheidole [genus] (8)
megacephala [species]

Classification

Myrmicinae [subfamily]
Pheidole [genus] (8)
megacephala [species]

Literature

  • Boer, P. 2018. Ants of Curaçao. [link]
  • Boer, P. 2020. Ants of Aruba, species list. [link]
  • Boer, P., Boer, M.J.A. 2019. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Saba (Netherlands Antilles). 26. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. [link]
  • Various contributors 2017. Hymenoptera Online (HOL) [accessed 8 March 2017]. [link]
  • Weber, N.A. 1948. Ants from the Leeward group and some other Caribbean localities. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and the Venezuelan Islands 3: 78-86.
  • Wetterer, J.K. 2012. Worldwide spread of the African big-headed ant, Pheidole megacephala (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 17: 51-62.

Literature references linked to higher taxa