Little Fire Ant Wasmannia auropunctata

Photo: Mark Yokoyama

Classification

Myrmicinae [subfamily]
Wasmannia [genus] (1)
auropunctata [species]

Classification

Myrmicinae [subfamily]
Wasmannia [genus] (1)
auropunctata [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Curaçao
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  • Saba
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  • Sint Eustatius
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  • Sint Maarten
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    Presence status
  • Introduced (2) - Curaçao
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  • Introduced (2) - Saba
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  • Introduced (2) - Sint Eustatius
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  • Introduced (2) - Sint Maarten
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    Natural distribution S. America
    Distribution description Native to South and Central America.

    Publications

    • Boer, P. sine anno. Ants of Curacao, species list. [link]
    • Boer, P. sine anno. Ants of Sint Eustatius, species list. [link]
    • Boer, P. & Boer, M.J.A. 2019. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Saba (Netherlands Antilles). 26. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. [link]
    • Weber, N.A. 1948. Ants from the Leeward group and some other Caribbean localities. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and the Venezuelan Islands 3: 78-86.
    • Wetterer, J.K. 2013. Worldwide spread of the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 6: 173-184.