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Dasymutilla scitula

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Dasymutilla scitula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Mutillidae
Genus: Dasymutilla
Species:
D. scitula
Binomial name
Dasymutilla scitula
Mickel, 1928

Dasymutilla scitula is a species of velvet ant native to North America.[1] This species is "restricted to the Great Basin ecoregion," and the females must be carefully distinguished from Dasymutilla arenivaga.[2]: 401–402 

References

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  1. ^ "Dasymutilla scitula". iNaturalist. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  2. ^ 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.