Wasmannia auropunctata
TaxID: 64793
Basic Information
Wasmannia auropunctata
Little Fire Ant, Little fire ant, little fire ant
The little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata), also known as the electric ant, is a small (approx 1.5 mm (1?16 in) long), light to golden brown (ginger) social ant native to Central and South America, now spread to parts of Africa (including Gabon and Cameroon), Taiwan, North America, Puerto Rico, Southern Europe (France), Israel, Cuba, St. Croix and six Pacific Island groups (including the Gal pagos Islands, Hawaii, New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands) plus north-eastern Australia (Cairns). It is a very harmful invasive species. The name, electric ant (or little fire ant), derives from the ant's painful sting relative to its size.
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Taxonomic Information
Metazoa
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Wasmannia
auropunctata
unclassified
Species
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Arthropods
Photos (5 photos)
Morphological Features
No morphological description available.
Host Plants (0 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
No host plants available.
Quarantine Status (30 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | IAS of Union concern | 2022 |
| Belgium | IAS of Union concern | 2022 |
| Bulgaria | IAS of Union concern | 2022 |
| China | Quarantine pests | 2024 |
| Cyprus | IAS of Union concern | 2022 |
| Czechia | IAS of Union concern | 2022 |
| Germany | IAS of Union concern | 2022 |
| Denmark | IAS of Union concern | 2022 |
| Spain | IAS of Union concern | 2022 |
| Estonia | IAS of Union concern | 2022 |
Distribution (58 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
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| Antigua and Barbuda | Present | — |
| Aruba | Present | — |
| Anguilla | Present | — |
| Argentina | Present | — |
| Australia | Present | — |
| Bahamas | Present | — |
| Belize | Present | — |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Present | — |
| Brazil | Present | — |
| Barbados | Present | — |
Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)
Download CSVGenomes (2 records)
Data source: NCBI.
| Assembly Accession | Assembly Level | Genome Size(Mb) | Contig N50(Kb) | Scaffold N50(Kb) | BUSCO% | Downloads | Actions |
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| GCF_000956235.1 | Scaffold | - | - | - | - | - |
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| GCA_000956235.1 | Scaffold | 324 | 37 | 1175 | - |
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Transcriptomes (3 records)
Data source: NCBI.
| Run ID | Tissue | Developmental Stage | Sex | Read Count | Location | Actions |
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| DRR029096 | - | adult | female | 34467165 | USA: Hawai, Hilo Experimental farm | |
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PRJDB3442 DRX026171 DRP002449 insect Illumina Genome Analyzer II paired end sequencing of SAMD00024785 WASHW1 {'sex': 'female', 'ploidy': 'diploid', 'isolate': 'WASHW1', 'lat_lon': '19.64052 N 155.1106505 W', 'dev_stage': 'adult', 'env_biome': 'forest', 'propagation': 'sexual', 'sample_name': 'WASAURHAWW1', 'tissue_type': 'whole body', 'geo_loc_name': 'USA: Hawai, Hilo Experimental farm', 'num_replicons': '5', 'estimated_size': '314000000', 'collection_date': '2012-02/2012-03'} |
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| DRR029097 | - | adult | female | 38203877 | USA: Hawai, Hilo Experimental farm | |
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PRJDB3442 DRX026172 DRP002449 insect Illumina Genome Analyzer II paired end sequencing of SAMD00024786 WASHW2 {'sex': 'female', 'ploidy': 'diploid', 'isolate': 'WASHW2', 'lat_lon': '19.64052 N 155.1106505 W', 'dev_stage': 'adult', 'env_biome': 'forest', 'propagation': 'sexual', 'sample_name': 'WASAURHAWW2', 'tissue_type': 'whole body', 'geo_loc_name': 'USA: Hawai, Hilo Experimental farm', 'num_replicons': '5', 'estimated_size': '314000000', 'collection_date': '2012-02/2012-03'} |
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| DRR029098 | - | adult | female | 26905793 | USA: Hawai, Hilo Experimental farm | |
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PRJDB3442 DRX026173 DRP002449 insect Illumina Genome Analyzer II paired end sequencing of SAMD00024787 WASHW3 {'sex': 'female', 'ploidy': 'diploid', 'isolate': 'WASHW3', 'lat_lon': '19.64052 N 155.1106505 W', 'dev_stage': 'adult', 'env_biome': 'forest', 'propagation': 'sexual', 'sample_name': 'WASAURHAWW3', 'tissue_type': 'whole body', 'geo_loc_name': 'USA: Hawai, Hilo Experimental farm', 'num_replicons': '5', 'estimated_size': '314000000', 'collection_date': '2012-02/2012-03'} |
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Literature
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