Dasymutilla arachnoides

Dasymutilla arachnoides is a species of velvet ant found in North America.[1] The female displays a "trifoliate pattern of black setae on tergum II."[2] This species is widespread in Mexico and Central America as far south as Honduras.[2]

Dasymutilla arachnoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Mutillidae
Genus: Dasymutilla
Species:
D. arachnoides
Binomial name
Dasymutilla arachnoides
Smith, 1855

References

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  1. ^ "Dasymutilla arachnoides". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  2. ^ a b Manley, Donald G.; Williams, Kevin A.; Pitts, James P. (2020-05-11). "Keys to Nearctic Velvet Ants of the Genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with Notes on Taxonomic Changes since Krombein (1979)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 122 (2): 335. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.122.2.335. ISSN 0013-8797.