Wasmannia | |
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Wasmannia auropunctata worker | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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
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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]