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Subfamily Mutillinae

Timulla floridensis - Timulla ferrugata - female Insects - Timulla vagans Velvet Ant - Timulla vagans Timulla? - Timulla ocellaria - male any sp? - Timulla vagans Male Velvet Ant - Timulla ocellaria - male Velvet Ant - Timulla grotei - female wasp - Timulla vagans
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 Mutillinae
Numbers
~59 spp. in our area in 2 genera(1)
Works Cited
1.A key to genera and subgenera of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) in America North of Mexico with description of a new genus
Manley D.G., Pitts J.P. 2002. J. Hym. Res. 11: 72-100.
Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 11 November, 2020 - 12:15pm
Last updated 28 May, 2022 - 8:12pm

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