Dasymutilla thetis
Appearance
Dasymutilla thetis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Mutillidae |
Genus: | Dasymutilla |
Species: | D. thetis
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Binomial name | |
Dasymutilla thetis Blake, 1886
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Synonyms | |
Sphaerophthalma thetis Blake, 1886 |
Dasymutilla thetis, also known as the minute thistledown velvet ant, is a species of velvet ant known only from Arizona in North America.[1] It was first described by Charles A. Blake as Sphaerophthalma thetis in 1886.[2] Individuals are about 7 mm long.[1] Females are "clothed entirely with ivory-white setae."[3]: 405
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Species Dasymutilla thetis". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ Blake, Charles A. (1886). Monograph of the Mutillidae of North America. Be. Paper 220.
- ^ 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.