Pheidole megacephala

Pheidole megacephala
	Dorsal view of a minor worker big-headed ant
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Pheidole
Species:	P. megacephala
Binomial name
	Pheidole megacephala; (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
	Atta testacea Smith 1858; Formica edax Forskal 1775; Myrmica laevigata F. Smith; Myrmica suspiciosa Smith 1859; Myrmica trinodis Losana 1834; Oecophthora perniciosa Gerstacker 1859; Oecophthora pusilla Heer 1852; Pheidole janus F. Smith; Pheidole laevigata Mayr

Pheidole megacephala is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. It is commonly known as the big-headed ant in the US and the coastal brown ant in Australia. It is a very successful invasive species and is considered a danger to native ants in Australia and other places. It is regarded as one of the world's worst invasive ant species.

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