Wasmannia
| 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 | |
Wasmannia is a genus of ants that are social, native to tropical habitats, and haplodiploid, with the reproductive castes (queens and drones) haploid, and the worker caste diploid. 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
- ↑ 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 on 2006-08-13. Retrieved 2006-08-21.
External links
Media related to Wasmannia at Wikimedia Commons- Little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site