Wasmannia is a genus of ants. Wasmannia auropunctata is known as the electric ant[2] or little fire ant and are considered by many countries to be a destructive, highly invasive species.[3][4]
Wasmannia | |
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Wasmannia auropunctata worker | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Wasmannia Forel, 1893 |
Type species | |
Tetramorium auropunctatum Roger, 1863
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Diversity[1] | |
10 species | |
Synonyms | |
Hercynia Enzmann, J., 1947 |
Species
edit- Wasmannia affinis Santschi, 1929
- Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)
- Wasmannia iheringi Forel, 1908
- Wasmannia lutzi Forel, 1908
- Wasmannia rochai Forel, 1912
- Wasmannia scrobifera Kempf, 1961
- Wasmannia sigmoidea (Mayr, 1884)
- Wasmannia sulcaticeps Emery, 1894
- Wasmannia villosa Emery, 1894
- Wasmannia williamsoni Kusnezov, 1952
References
edit- ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Wasmannia". AntCat. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ Electric ant (Wasmannia auropunctata) webpage Accessed 7 March 2009
- ^ Global Invasive Species Database - No. 100 - Wasmannia auropunctata
- ^ Lowe S, Browne M, Boudjelas S, De Poorter M (2004). "100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species: A Selection from the Global Invasive Species Database" (PDF). Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-08-13. Retrieved 2006-08-21.
External links
edit- Media related to Wasmannia at Wikimedia Commons
- Little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site