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Pheidole megacephala  (Fabricius, 1793)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 154227

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Common Name(s): bigheaded ant
 
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderHymenoptera  – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps  
                                  SuborderApocrita  – abeilles, fourmis, guêpes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyVespoidea  – vespoid wasps  
                                           FamilyFormicidae  – ants, fourmis  
                                              SubfamilyMyrmicinae   
                                                 TribePheidolini   
                                                    GenusPheidole Westwood, 1839  
                                                       SpeciesPheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) – bigheaded ant  
    Direct Children:  
                                                          SubspeciesPheidole megacephala costauriensis Santschi, 1914  
                                                          SubspeciesPheidole megacephala duplex Santschi, 1937  
                                                          SubspeciesPheidole megacephala ilgi Forel, 1907  
                                                          SubspeciesPheidole megacephala impressifrons Wasmann, 1905  
                                                          SubspeciesPheidole megacephala megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)  
                                                          SubspeciesPheidole megacephala melancholica Santschi, 1912  
                                                          SubspeciesPheidole megacephala nkomoana Forel, 1916  
                                                          SubspeciesPheidole megacephala rotundata Forel, 1894  
                                                          SubspeciesPheidole megacephala scabrior Forel, 1891  
                                                          SubspeciesPheidole megacephala speculifrons Stitz, 1911  
                                                          SubspeciesPheidole megacephala talpa Gerstaecker, 1871  
       

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  Source: Hymenoptera Name Server, website (version 0.021)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu:8880/hymenoptera/nomenclator.home_page   
  Reference for: Pheidole megacephala   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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