Dasymutilla
Sign in to saveDasymutilla is a wasp genus belonging to the family Mutillidae. Their larvae are external parasites to various types of ground-nesting Hymenoptera. Most of the velvet ants in North Americathe wingless females of which are conspicuous as colorful, fast, and "fuzzy" bugsare in the genus Dasymutilla.
Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyMutillidae
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Dasymutilla is a wasp genus belonging to the family Mutillidae. Their larvae are external parasites to various types of ground-nesting Hymenoptera. Most of the velvet ants in North Americathe wingless females of which are conspicuous as colorful, fast, and "fuzzy" bugsare in the genus Dasymutilla.
==Selected species== D. albiceris D. alesia D. arachnoides D. archboldi D. arenivaga D. asopus D. aureola D. bioculata D. californica D. calorata D. chattahoochei D. chiron D. chisos D. coccineohirta D. creon D. creusa D. dilucida D. eminentia D. fasciventroides D. flammifera D. foxi D. gibbosa D. gloriosa (thistledown velvet ant) D. gorgon D. heliophila D. klugii D. leda D. lepeletierii D. magnifica D. meracula D. monticola D. montivagoides D. mutata D. munifica D. nigricauda D. nigripes D. nitidula D. nocturna D. nogalensis D. occidentalis (cow killer) D. pseudopappus D. pyrrhus D. quadriguttata D. sackenii D. santanas D. scaevola D. scitula D. sicheliana D. stevensi D. thetis D. vesta D. vestita