Wasmannia

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
Wasmannia auropunctata worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
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

Hercynia Enzmann, J., 1947

Species
  • 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
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References
  1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Wasmannia". AntCat. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. Electric ant (Wasmannia auropunctata) webpage Accessed 7 March 2009
  3. Global Invasive Species Database - No. 100 - Wasmannia auropunctata
  4. 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.


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