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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Velvet Ants (Mutillidae) » Sphaeropthalminae » Dasymutillini » Dasymutilla » Dasymutilla nigripes

Species Dasymutilla nigripes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Internet References · Works Cited
Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla nigripes - male Dasymutilla? - Dasymutilla nigripes - female Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla nigripes - male Velvet Ant IMG_0430 - Dasymutilla nigripes - female Small black-and-red fuzzy wasp - Dasymutilla nigripes Mutillidae, lateral - Dasymutilla nigripes - male Mutillid - Dasymutilla nigripes - female Dasymutilla nigripes - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Pompiloidea (Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies)
Family Mutillidae (Velvet Ants)
Subfamily Sphaeropthalminae
Tribe Dasymutillini
Genus Dasymutilla
Species nigripes (Dasymutilla nigripes)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dasymutilla dawsoni Mickel, 1936(1)
Explanation of Names
Dasymutilla nigripes (Fabricius 1787)
Internet References
Species page
Works Cited
1.Keys to Nearctic Velvet Ants of the Genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
Contributed by Sean McCann on 24 August, 2006 - 5:08pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 9 October, 2020 - 5:11pm

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