Biology:Dasymutilla foxi
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Mutillidae |
| Genus: | Dasymutilla |
| Species: | D. foxi
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasymutilla foxi Cockerell, 1894
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Dasymutilla foxi is a species of velvet ant found in Mexico and the southwestern United States.[1][2] Dasymutilla foxi is locally common, and "setal coloration is highly variable; each of the body segments varies from whitish to reddish, and most eastern populations (Colorado, Kansas, Texas) have a black setal patch on the mesosoma."[3]
This species was first described by entomologist Theodore D. A. Cockerell and is named for William J. Fox (entomologist) (species).[2] Dasymutilla phoenix and Dasymutilla dugesii have been synonymized with this species.[3] According to C. E. Mickel in 1928, "The females vary in size from 5 to 11 mm...A note on two of the specimens collected by Cockerell states that this species is parasitic in the nests of Diadasia species."[4]
References
- ↑ "Dasymutilla flammifera" (in en-US). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/629119-Dasymutilla-flammifera.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Species Dasymutilla foxi" (in en). https://bugguide.net/node/view/117111.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. https://bioone.org/journals/proceedings-of-the-entomological-society-of-washington/volume-122/issue-2/0013-8797.122.2.335/Keys-to-Nearctic-Velvet-Ants-of-the-Genus-Dasymutilla-Ashmead/10.4289/0013-8797.122.2.335.full.
- ↑ Mickel, Clarence E. (1928). "Biological and Taxonomic Investigations on the Mutillid Wasps". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office) (143): 1–351. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.143.1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/70820.
Wikidata ☰ Q49633059 entry
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