Biology:Dasymutilla pseudopappus

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Short description: Species of velvet ant

Dasymutilla pseudopappus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Mutillidae
Genus: Dasymutilla
Species:
D. pseudopappus
Binomial name
Dasymutilla pseudopappus
Cockerell, 1895

Dasymutilla pseudopappus is a species of velvet ant native to North America.[1] Dasymutilla pseudopappus is visually similar to and shares some range with Dasymutilla imperialis, Dasymutilla thetis, and Dasymutilla gloriosa.[2] (D. pseudopappus was originally classed as a subspecies of D. gloriosa.)[3] This species is found the southwest, namely in the Mexican states of Sinaloa, Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur, and Zacatecas, and in the Four Corners, California, and Texas in the U.S.[3]: 397 

References

Wikidata ☰ Q131345109 entry