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Wasmannia
Sign in to saveWasmannia is a genus of ants. One species, Wasmannia auropunctata, is known as the electric ant or little fire ant and are considered by many countries to be a destructive, highly invasive species.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyFormicidae
Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger) has been recorded occasionally from southern California. Native to the Neotropics, this aggressive species has not become established in California, probably because of climatic unsuitability. It is considered ecologically destructive in other areas where it has successfully invaded. References: Jourdan (1997), Le Breton et al. (2004), Longino and Fernández (2005), Lubin (1984), Ulloa-Chacón and Cherix (1990), Wetterer and Porter (2003).
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Wasmannia is a genus of ants. One species, Wasmannia auropunctata, is known as the electric ant or little fire ant and are considered by many countries to be a destructive, highly invasive species.
==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