Wasmannia
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| Wasmannia | |
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| Wasmannia auropunctata worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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Hercynia Enzmann, J., 1947 | |
Wasmannia is a genus of ants. One species, 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]
