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Species Dasymutilla magnifica - Magnificent Velvet Ant

Keys to nearctic Velvet Ants of the genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with notes on taxonomic changes...

By Manley D.G. , Williams K.A., Pitts J.P.
Proc. Ent Soc. Wash. 122: 335-414, 2020

Full title: Keys to nearctic Velvet Ants of the genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with notes on taxonomic changes since Krombein (1979)
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Contributed by v belov on 6 June, 2023 - 8:45pm

Does the thistledown velvet ant (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) mimic Creosote bush seeds? A phylogenetic approach

By Kevin A. Williams, Joseph S Wilson, and James Purser Pitts
Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting [Conference], 2010

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 25 June, 2021 - 1:53am

Addressing the Dasymutilla quadriguttata species-group and species-complex (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)...

By Pilgrim E.M., Williams K.A., Manley D.G., Pitts J.P.
J. Kansas Ent. Soc. 82: 231-249, 2009

Full title: Addressing the Dasymutilla quadriguttata species-group and species-complex (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae): several distinct species or a single, morphologically variable species?

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Contributed by v belov on 26 November, 2014 - 9:28am

Multifaceted assessment of species validity in the Dasymutilla bioculata species group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

By Williams K.A., Manley D.G., Pilgrim E.M., von Dohlen C.D., Pitts J.P.
Systematic Entomology 36: 180-191, 2010

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Contributed by v belov on 26 November, 2014 - 7:53am

The California velvet ants of the genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

By Hurd P.D., Jr.
Bull. Calif. Insect Survey 4: 89-118, 1951

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Contributed by v belov on 26 November, 2014 - 7:38am

Male sphaeropthalmine mutillid wasps of the Nevada Test Site

By Ferguson, William
Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series, 8(4): 1-26, 1967

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 21 August, 2024 - 2:54am

Checklist of names in Mutillidae (Hymenoptera), with illustrations of selected species

By G. Pagloano, D. Brothers, R. Cambra, A. Lelej, P. Lo Cascio, M. Matteini Palmerini, P. Scaramozzino, K. Williams, & M. Romano
Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, 36(1-2): 5-425, 2020

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 21 August, 2024 - 2:47am

Velvet ants of North America

By Williams, Kevin A; Pan, Aaron D.; & Wilson, Joseph S.
Princeton Field Guides, 145: 440 pp., 2024

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 22 May, 2024 - 2:48am

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