Species profile—Pheidole megacephala (African big-headed ant)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Formicidae (ants) → Pheidole megacephala (African big-headed ant)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Insecta (insects)
- Family
- Formicidae (ants)
- Scientific name
- Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
- Common name
- African big-headed ant
- WildNet taxon ID
- 18535
- Synonym(s)
- Formica megacephala
- Alternate name(s)
- coastal brown ant
lion ant
coastal brown-ant
brown house-ant
brown house ant
big-headed ant - Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Feral Animal
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=18535.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
