Electric ant
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For the short story by Philip K. Dick or the ant with the similar name, see The Electric Ant and 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,[2] North America, Puerto Rico,[3] Israel,[4][5] Cuba, St. Croix and six Pacific Island groups (including the Galápagos Islands, Hawaii, New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands) plus north-eastern Australia (Cairns).[6] It is a very harmful invasive species.
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Electric ant | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Wasmannia |
Species: | W. auropunctata |
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Wasmannia auropunctata | |
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The name, electric ant (or little fire ant), derives from the ant's painful sting relative to its size.[7]