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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) » Myrmosid Wasps (Myrmosidae) » Myrmosinae » Myrmosa

Genus Myrmosa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Internet References · Works Cited
ant-mimic wingless wasp - Myrmosa unicolor Mutillidae: Pseudomethoca? - Myrmosa unicolor - male Myrmosidae, wingless wasp, lateral - Myrmosa unicolor - female Small Wasp - Myrmosa Wasp - Myrmosa - male Unknown Hymenoptera - Myrmosa Apterous Wasp - Myrmosa Myrmosa? - Myrmosa
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 Myrmosidae (Myrmosid Wasps)
Subfamily Myrmosinae
Genus Myrmosa
Explanation of Names
Myrmosa Latreille 1796
Numbers
6 spp. in our area:(1)(2)
1. Myrmosa blakei: eastern (NY & VA)
2. Myrmosa bradleyi: western (CA & WA)
3. Myrmosa nocturna: eastern & southwestern (CA, KS, LA, MD, TX)
4. Myrmosa peculiaris: KS
5. Myrmosa texana: "Dakota" & TX
6. Myrmosa unicolor: widespread (NB south to NC, west to BC & AZ)
Internet References
Discover Life
Works Cited
1.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.
2.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
Contributed by Matthias Buck on 14 May, 2007 - 5:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 4 June, 2022 - 12:24am

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