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]
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 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
Media related to Wasmannia at Wikimedia Commons- Little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
