Biology:Wasmannia

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Short description: Genus of ants

Wasmannia
Wasmannia auropunctata casent0005064 profile 1.jpg
Wasmannia auropunctata worker
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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. 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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1935347 entry