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Little Fire Ant (Wasmannia auropunctata)
Species
Wasmannia auropunctata
- Little Fire Ant
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon
(Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily
Formicoidea (Ants)
Family
Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily
Myrmicinae
Tribe
Attini
Genus
Wasmannia
Species
auropunctata
(Little Fire Ant)
Other Common Names
Electric ant
Numbers
native to the Neotropics, adventive in our area (known from FL only)
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1
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Internet References
AntWeb
Ants of Costa Rica
U of F
Invasive.org
Works Cited
1.
Exotic ants in Florida
Deyrup M., Davis L., Cover S. 2000. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 126: 293-326.
Contributed by
Jeff Hollenbeck
on 24 August, 2007 - 3:16pm
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
,
v belov
Last updated 9 January, 2013 - 6:04pm