Pheidole megacephala
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Formicoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Pheidolini
Genus: Pheidole
Species: Pheidole megacephala
Subspecies:
P. m. costauriensis –
P. m. duplex –
P. m. ilgi –
P. m. impressifrons –
P. m. megacephala –
P. m. melancholica –
P. m. nkomoana –
P. m. rotundata –
P. m. scabrior –
P. m. speculifrons –
P. m. talpa
Name
[edit]Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793: 361)
Synonyms
[edit]- Formica megacephala Fabricius, 1793: 361 [basionym]
- Pheidole megacephala — Mayr, 1861: 70 (in key); Roger, 1863
- Atta testacea Smith, F., 1858
- Formica edax Forskål, 1775
- Myrmica agilis Smith, F., 1857
- Pheidole agilis — Donisthorpe, 1932: 449 [by Eguchi, 2008: 56; Fischer & Fisher, 2013: 333; Sarnat et al., 2015: 50]
- Myrmica laevigata Smith, F., 1855
- Myrmica suspiciosa Smith, F., 1859 [syn. by Donisthorpe, 1932: 455]
- Myrmica trinodis Losana, 1834 [syn. by Roger, 1863: 30]
- Oecophthora perniciosa Gerstäcker, 1859 [syn. by Emery, 1915: 235]
- Oecophthora pusilla Heer, 1852
- Pheidole janus Smith, F., 1858
- Pheidole laevigata Mayr, 1862
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Fabricius, J.C. 1793: Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Vol. 2. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. 519 pp. (PDF)
- Fischer, G. & Fisher, B.L. 2013. A revision of Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the islands of the southwest Indian Ocean and designation of a neotype for the invasive Pheidole megacephala. Zootaxa 3683(4): 301–356. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.4.1 Reference page. [neotype]
Additional references
[edit]- Eguchi, K. 2008: A revision of Northern Vietnamese species of the ant genus Pheidole (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa, 1902: 1–118. Abstract (PDF)
- Wilson, E.O. 2003: Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 794 pp. Harvard Catalog Page
- AntWeb: Pheidole (megacephala) megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)