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]

Names

English name	African Big-headed Ant
Valid name	Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)

Classification

Animalia [kingdom] Animals
- Arthropoda [phylum] Arthropods
  - Hexapoda [subphylum] Hexapods
    - Insecta [class] Insects
      - Hymenoptera [order] Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies
        
        Aculeata [suborder] Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps
        
        Formicoidea [superfamily] Ants
        
        Formicidae [family] Ants
        
        Myrmicinae [subfamily]
        
        Pheidole Westwood, 1840 [genus] Big-headed Ants
        
        Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) [species] African Big-headed Ant