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Pheidole megacephala in life
In life — African Big-headed Ant, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Jake Nitta, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jake Nitta
BPBM 77079Entomology

Pheidole megacephala

African Big-headed Ant

As recorded: Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hymenoptera › Formicidae

Collected by
Illingworth, J. F.
Date
August 30, 1927
Record type
Preserved specimen
541 Bishop specimens of Pheidole megacephala · collected 1892–1999Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 30, 1927, Illingworth, J. F. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Pheidole megacephala. BPBM 77079. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37989893. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/77079.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Coordinates recorded as 0, 0

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