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Genus Myrmosa

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in action - Myrmosa Hymenoptera - Myrmosa Myrmosa Wasp? - Myrmosa Wasp - Myrmosa - male another unknown hymenop - Myrmosa - male Velvet ant? - Myrmosa - female Myrmosidae? - Myrmosa - male velvet ant sp. - 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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