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Dasymutilla sackenii

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Dasymutilla sackenii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Mutillidae
Genus: Dasymutilla
Species:
D. sackenii
Binomial name
Dasymutilla sackenii
Cresson, 1865

Dasymutilla sackenii, also known as Sacken's velvet ant, is a species of velvet ant, actually a type of wasp.[1] It is found in Oregon, California, Nevada, Baja California, and Baja California Sur.[2][3]: 399  As with most velvet ants, the males have wings and the females are wingless. The females of this species have cream-colored fuzz (setae) on their backs and black fuzz on their ventral side and legs.[3]: 399  D. sackenii is most commonly observed May through October; observations December through February are very rare.[1]

D. sackenii superficially resembles Dasymutilla albiceris and they also have a similar geographic distribution.[3]: 350 

The specific name honors 19th-century German diplomat and entomologist Carl Robert Osten-Sacken.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dasymutilla sackenii (Sacken's Velvet Ant)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  2. ^ a b "Species Dasymutilla sackenii - Sacken's Velvet Ant". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  3. ^ a b c 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.