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Dasymutilla thetis

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Dasymutilla thetis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Mutillidae
Genus: Dasymutilla
Species:
D. thetis
Binomial name
Dasymutilla thetis
Blake, 1886
Synonyms

Sphaerophthalma thetis Blake, 1886
Dasymutilla candida Mickel, 1928

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 [species] as Sphaerophthalma thetis in 1886.[2] Individuals are about 7 mm long.[1] Females are "clothed entirely with ivory-white setae."[3]: 405 

References

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  1. ^ a b "Species Dasymutilla thetis". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  2. ^ Blake, Charles A. (1886). Monograph of the Mutillidae of North America. Be. Paper 220.
  3. ^ 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.