Wasmannia auropunctata

Basic information
Scientific name	Wasmannia auropunctata	(No picture)
Common names	Little fire ant
Higher taxon	Formicidae, Vespoidea, Hymenoptera
Natural range	Central and south America.
Habitat	Under Construction.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan.
Origin	Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route	With some transportation.
Impact	Potentially: predation, competition. Attack against vertebrates including human. Native organism(s) affected: Native ants.
Regulation in Japan	Import, transport and keeping are prohibited in Japan by the Invasive Alien Species Act.
Introduced range in other countries	Africa, North America, Central America, East Pacific island/ocean, South Pacific island/ocean, Central Pacific island/ocean.

Reference

Notes

Clark DB, Guayasmin C, Pazmino O, Donoso C, and Paez de Villacis Y. (1982) The tramp ant Wasmannia auropunctata: Autecology and effects on ant diversity and distribution on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos. Biotropica 14:196-207.
Jourdan, H. (1997) Threats on Pacific islands: the spread of the tramp ant Wasmannia auropunctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Conservation Biology 3: 61-64. Holway, D.A., Lach, L., Suarez, A.V., Tsutsui, N.D. and Case, T.J. 2002. The Causes and Consequences of Ant Invasions, Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 33: 181-233.
Armbrecht, I. and Ulloa-Chacon, P. 2003. The Little Fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as a Diversity Indicator of Ants in Tropical Dry Forest Fragments of Colombia, Environ. Entomol. 32(3): 542-547.

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