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Big-headed Ants
Pheidole
Pheidole is a genus of ants that belongs to the ant subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is widespread and ecologically dominant. It probably includes more than a thousand species. The genus first evolved in the Americas, eventually spreading across the globe.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
fallax-group Big-headed Ants
complexPheidole fallax
pallidula-complex Big-headed Ants
complexPheidole pallidula
Pilifera-group Big-headed Ants
complexPheidole pilifera
African Big-headed Ant
speciesPheidole megacephala
flavens-group Big-headed Ants
complexPheidole flavens
Pheidole parva
speciesPheidole parva
Pheidole nodus
speciesPheidole nodus
Indian Big-headed Ant
speciesPheidole indica
crassicornis-group Big-headed Ants
complexPheidole crassicornis
Tristis-group Big-headed Ants
complexPheidole tristis
Pheidole fervida
speciesPheidole fervida
Pheidole diligens
complexPheidole diligens
Indian harvester ant
speciesPheidole sykesii
Pheidole spathifera
speciesPheidole spathifera
Aberrans-group Big-headed Ants
complexPheidole aberrans
Pheidole rugosula
speciesPheidole rugosula
Pheidole antipodum
speciesPheidole antipodum
Brown House Ant
speciesPheidole capensis
Pheidole latinoda
speciesPheidole latinoda
Pheidole pieli
speciesPheidole pieli
Lamia-group Big-headed Ants
complexPheidole lamia
Pheidole woodmasoni
speciesPheidole woodmasoni
Pheidole dispar
speciesPheidole dispar
Pheidole variabilis
speciesPheidole variabilis
Pheidole longiceps
speciesPheidole longiceps
Pheidole anthracina
speciesPheidole anthracina
Pheidole gertrudae
complexPheidole gertrudae
Pheidole fervens
speciesPheidole fervens
Pheidole impressiceps
speciesPheidole impressiceps
Pheidole wroughtonii
speciesPheidole wroughtonii
Narrow-gutted House ant
speciesPheidole tenuinodis
Pheidole hartmeyeri
speciesPheidole hartmeyeri
Pheidole foreli
speciesPheidole foreli
Pheidole singaporensis
speciesPheidole singaporensis
Pheidole sharpi
speciesPheidole sharpi
Pheidole punctatissima
speciesPheidole punctatissima
Pheidole phipsoni
speciesPheidole phipsoni
Pheidole constipata
speciesPheidole constipata
Pheidole smythiesii
speciesPheidole smythiesii
Pheidole tasmaniensis
speciesPheidole tasmaniensis
Pheidole taipoana
speciesPheidole taipoana
Pheidole biconstricta
complexPheidole biconstricta
Pheidole roberti
speciesPheidole roberti
excellens-group Big-headed Ants
complexPheidole excellens
Pheidole watsoni
speciesPheidole watsoni
Pheidole humeralis
speciesPheidole humeralis
Pheidole akermani
speciesPheidole akermani
Pheidole ghatica
speciesPheidole ghatica
Pheidole bos
speciesPheidole bos
Pheidole flavigaster
speciesPheidole flavigaster
Pheidole rogersi
speciesPheidole rogersi
Pheidole feae
speciesPheidole feae
Pheidole coonoorensis
speciesPheidole coonoorensis
Pheidole allani
speciesPheidole allani
Pheidole rabo
speciesPheidole rabo
Pheidole proxima
speciesPheidole proxima
Pheidole bicornis
speciesPheidole bicornis
Pheidole hongkongensis
speciesPheidole hongkongensis
Pheidole asperata
speciesPheidole asperata
Pheidole quadricuspis
speciesPheidole quadricuspis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Pheidole in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47343.