Formicidae
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)
Pheidole megacephala, the bigheaded ant, is a spread tropical ant with two worker castes and underground colonies.
Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865
Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865
Pheidole parva is a likely invasive ant species spread through human commerce across the Old World.
Pheidole noda Smith, 1874
Pheidole noda Smith, 1874
Pheidole noda is a Myrmicinae ant species found across multiple locations in South and East Asia.
Pheidole bicarinata Mayr, 1870
Pheidole bicarinata Mayr, 1870
Common Big-Headed Ant (Pheidole bicarinata) is a Pheidole ant distributed across a broad range of the United States and lives in many habitats.
Pheidole xerophila Wheeler, 1908
Pheidole xerophila Wheeler, 1908
Pheidole xerophila is a dimorphic ant species in the Formicidae family with two worker castes: minor and major.
Pheidole tepicana Pergande, 1896
Pheidole tepicana Pergande, 1896
Pheidole tepicana is a higher myrmicine ant species in Formicidae found in the southwestern US and Mexico.
Pheidole rhea Wheeler, 1908
Pheidole rhea Wheeler, 1908
Pheidole rhea is a higher myrmicine ant species from Formicidae found in the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.
Pheidole hyatti Emery, 1895
Pheidole hyatti Emery, 1895
Pheidole hyatti is a big-headed ant, native to parts of North and Central America, invasive in Hawaii, and possibly present in South and Central America.
Pheidole vistana Forel, 1914
Pheidole vistana Forel, 1914
Pheidole vistana is an insectivorous, mostly nocturnal big-headed ant native to western North America.
Pheidole dentata Mayr, 1886
Pheidole dentata Mayr, 1886
Pheidole dentata Mayr, 1886 is a Myrmicinae ant species distributed in North America from the US to Mexico.
Pheidole tysoni Forel, 1901
Pheidole tysoni Forel, 1901
Pheidole tysoni is a higher myrmicine ant species in the Formicidae family.
Pheidole navigans Forel
Pheidole navigans Forel
Pheidole navigans is a Neotropical ant species, now invasive across multiple global regions, that often displaces native and other invasive ants.
Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)
Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)
Pheidole pallidula is a widespread Mediterranean ant that can have single or multiple queen colonies in the same population.
Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863
Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863
Strumigenys louisianae is a higher myrmicine ant species in the Formicidae family.
Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)
Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)
Wasmannia auropunctata, the little fire ant, has unique clonal reproduction and is an invasive pest native to Central and South America.
Cephalotes atratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cephalotes atratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cephalotes atratus is a large, armored South American black arboreal ant, the only definitive host of nematode Myrmeconema neotropicum.
Cephalotes minutus (Fabricius, 1804)
Cephalotes minutus (Fabricius, 1804)
Cephalotes minutus is a gliding arboreal ant native to a large range from Texas in North America to Corrientes, Argentina.
Cephalotes pusillus (Klug, 1824)
Cephalotes pusillus (Klug, 1824)
Cephalotes pusillus is a 1824-described species of gliding arboreal ant with an oddly shaped head.
Cephalotes clypeatus (Fabricius, 1804)
Cephalotes clypeatus (Fabricius, 1804)
Cephalotes clypeatus is an arboreal gliding ant species of the genus Cephalotes, with an unusual head and parachuting ability.
Cephalotes umbraculatus (Fabricius, 1804)
Cephalotes umbraculatus (Fabricius, 1804)
Cephalotes umbraculatus is an arboreal gliding ant of the genus Cephalotes with an odd head shape that can parachute when falling from trees.
Cephalotes borgmeieri (Kempf, 1951)
Cephalotes borgmeieri (Kempf, 1951)
Cephalotes borgmeieri is an arboreal gliding ant species of the genus Cephalotes with an odd-shaped head and the ability to parachute from trees.
Cephalotes jheringi (Emery, 1894)
Cephalotes jheringi (Emery, 1894)
Cephalotes jheringi is an arboreal gliding ant species of the genus Cephalotes with an unusual head and parachuting ability.
Cephalotes multispinosus (Norton, 1868)
Cephalotes multispinosus (Norton, 1868)
Cephalotes multispinosus is a native Central American gliding arboreal ant first described in 1868 by Norton.
Daceton armigerum (Latreille, 1802)
Daceton armigerum (Latreille, 1802)
Daceton armigerum is a polymorphic arboreal ant species from northern South America with trap-jaws and gliding ability.
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