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Messor cephalotes

Giant African harvester ant

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Messor cephalotes (Emery, 1895)

GBIF · view at source · updated on 03/07/2026
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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Messor

Messor cephalotes

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 03/07/2026

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species of insect

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(c) jiuai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Clayton H. Ziemke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Clayton H. Ziemke · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Timothy M., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Timothy M. · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Sidney Shema, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sidney Shema · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 4 countries · 128 records GBIF · updated on 07/07/2026 Maximize Minimize
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Occurrences by year
1883: 1 1904: 2 1944: 2 1952: 2 1969: 1 1983: 2 1999: 1 2011: 1 2014: 1 2015: 1 2016: 1 2017: 2 2018: 25 2019: 8 2020: 3 2021: 2 2022: 2 2023: 2 2024: 13 2025: 10
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YearRecords
18831
19042
19442
19522
19691
19832
19991
20111
20141
20151
20161
20172
201825
20198
20203
20212
20222
20232
202413
202510
Kenya · 122 Tanzania · 3 Ethiopia · 2 China · 1
Kenya 08/12/2025 · red_dream · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Kenya 29/09/2025 · dixonmunka · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Kenya 26/09/2025 · Gareth Mark love · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Kenya 21/06/2025 · ultra_necrozma · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Kenya 24/05/2025 · Ed Hough · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Kenya 07/05/2025 · Female · red_dream · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Kenya 30/03/2025 · Tamas Jegh · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Kenya 29/03/2025 · Female · Tamas Jegh · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Kenya 29/03/2025 · Female · Tamas Jegh · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Kenya 28/01/2025 · Vaughan Jessnitz · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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