Pheidole megacephala FABRICIUS, 1793

Ghahari, Hassan, Sharaf, Mostafar R., Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. & Collingwood, Cedric Alex, 2015, A contribution to the study of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Eastern Iran, Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 65 (2), pp. 341-359 : 347

Pheidole megacephala FABRICIUS, 1793

( Figs 52–53 )

Material examined: Kerman Province, Kerman, 30°20'N 58°00'E, (2), April 2010. Pitfall traps . Kerman Province, Jiroft , 28°50'N 57°35'E, (1), April 2010. Pitfall traps .

Iranian records: Hormozgan ( Ghahari et al. 2010a; Ghahari & Collingwood 2011), Kordestan ( Ghahari & Collingwood 2013), Mazandaran ( Ghahari et al. 2008, 2009, 2010b).

Distribution: A cosmopolitan tramp species (COLLING- WOOD 1985; COLLINGWOOD & AGOSTI 1996).

Figures

Figs 48–53: 48,49 Monomoriumareniphilum(casent0913555,Holotype);48 Head in full-faceview,49 Bodyinprofile,Photographer: Will Ericson; 50, 51 Monomoriumsalomonis (casent0913835,Holotype),50 Head infull-face view,51 Body in profile,Photographer: Will Ericson; 52, 53 Mesoponera ambigua (casent0006209, Madagascar),52 Head in full-face view,53 Body in profile,Photographer: April Nobile.