Wasmannia

Wasmannia
Wasmannia auropunctata worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus:
Forel, 1893
Type species
Tetramorium auropunctatum
Roger, 1863
Diversity[1]
10 species
Synonyms

Hercynia Enzmann, J., 1947

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]

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

References

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Wasmannia". AntCat. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. ^ Electric ant (Wasmannia auropunctata) webpage Archived 2009-02-14 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 7 March 2009
  3. ^ "Global Invasive Species Database - No. 100 - Wasmannia auropunctata". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
  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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