Wasmannia Explained

Wasmannia is a genus of ants. Wasmannia auropunctata is known as the electric ant^[1] or little fire ant and are considered by many countries to be a destructive, highly invasive species.^{[2] [3]}

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

External links

• • Little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

Notes and References

1. http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/dpi/hs.xsl/4790_6453_ENA_HTML.htm Electric ant (Wasmannia auropunctata) webpage
2. http://www.issg.org/database/species/search.asp?st=100ss&fr=1&str Global Invasive Species Database - No. 100 - Wasmannia auropunctata
3. Web site: Lowe S, Browne M, Boudjelas S, De Poorter M. 100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species: A Selection from the Global Invasive Species Database. Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN. 2004. 2006-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060813140124/http://www.issg.org/booklet.pdf . 2006-08-13.