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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Myrmicinae » Attini » Wasmannia » Little Fire Ant (Wasmannia auropunctata)

Species Wasmannia auropunctata - Little Fire Ant

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Internet References · Works Cited
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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)(1)
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

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