Wasmannia is a genus of ants. One species, 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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Wasmannia Forel, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Tetramorium auropunctatum Roger, 1863 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 10 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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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 Archived 2009-02-14 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 7 March 2009
- ↑ "Global Invasive Species Database - No. 100 - Wasmannia auropunctata". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
- ↑ 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
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Media related to Wasmannia at Wikimedia Commons- Little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
