Genus Dasymutilla

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

new wasp south Arkansas on angel trumpet plant - Dasymutilla occidentalis

Velvet ants - Dasymutilla quadriguttata - female

Velvet Ant (Mutillidae) - Dasymutilla satanas - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)

Family Mutillidae (Velvet Ants)

Genus Dasymutilla

Other Common Names

Velvet-ant, Cow-killer

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is Ashmead, 1899

Numbers

>140 spp. in our area(1)

Size

ca. 13-25 mm

Remarks

Females can inflict a painful sting

Print References

some spp. treated in field guides:(2)(3)(4)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

2.	National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders By Lorus and Margery Milne

3.	California Insects By Jerry A. Powell, Charles L. Hogue

4.	Insects in Kansas By Glenn A. Salsbury and Stephan C. White

Contributed by Joel Kits on 17 March, 2005 - 11:22pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 11 January, 2011 - 11:16am

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