Dasymutilla arachnoides
| Dasymutilla arachnoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Mutillidae |
| Genus: | Dasymutilla |
| Species: | D. arachnoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasymutilla arachnoides Smith, 1855
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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]
References
- ^ "Dasymutilla arachnoides". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
- ^ 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.