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Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Hymenoptera
family
Formicidae
genus
Wasmannia
species
Wasmannia auropunctata

Name

Synonyms
Hercynia panamana Enzmann, 1947
Ochetomyrmex auropunctatus (Roger, 1863)
Tetramorium auropunctatum Roger, 1863
Wasmannia auropunctata var. australis Emery, 1894
Wasmannia auropunctata var. laevifrons Emery, 1894
Wasmannia auropunctata var. nigricans Emery, 1906
Wasmannia auropunctata var. obscura Forel, 1912
Wasmannia glabra Santschi, 1931
Wasmannia sulcaticeps var. weiseri Forel, 1914
Xiphomyrmex atomum Santschi, 1914
Homonyms
Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)
Common names
Fourmi électrique in French
Kleine Feuerameise in German
Lille brandmyre in Danish
Lille ildmyre in Danish
Little fire ant in English
Little fire ant in English
Little fire ant, Little red fire ant, West Indian stinging ant, Cocoa tree-ant in English
Petite fourmi de feu, Fourmi rouge in French
Rote Feuerameise in language.
West Indian stinging ant in language.
albayalde in language.
cocoa tree-ant in language.
dwergvuurmier in Dutch
formi électrique in language.
formiga pixixica in language.
fourmi rouge in language.
fourmi électrique in language.
hormiga colorada in language.
hormiga roja in language.
hormiguilla in language.
little fire ant in language.
little fire ant in English
little introduced fire ant in language.
little red fire ant in language.
pequena hormiga de fuego in language.
petit fourmi de feu in language.
petite fourmi de feu in French
sangunagenta in language.
satanica in language.
small fire ant in language.
tsangonawenda in language.
Dwergvuurmier in Dutch
Little Fire Ant in English
mindre eldmyra in Swedish
little fire ant in English
little fire ant in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Bolton (2022) An online catalog of the ants of the world
  2. CABI (2021) Wasmannia auropunctata (little fire ant). In: Invasive Species Compendium
  3. Krushelnycky et al. (2005), https://hdl.handle.net/10125/103
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