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

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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