Tribe Trogaspidiini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Mutillid Wasp - Timulla ferrugata - female

Wandering Velvet Ant - Timulla dubitata - female

velvet ant - Timulla vagans - Timulla vagans - female

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

Tribe Trogaspidiini

Explanation of Names

Trogaspidiini Bischoff 1920

Numbers

30 spp. in a single genus in our area(1)

Range

Worldwide (except Antarctica)

Remarks

The subfamily Mutillinae is represented in the New World by the sole genus Timulla Ashmead 1899(1)

Works Cited

1.	Taxonomic notes on velvet ants of the genus Timulla Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in the United States of America ... Waldren, G.C. 2024. Insecta Mundi 1055: 1–20.

Contributed by George Waldren on 13 April, 2023 - 12:07pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 3 September, 2024 - 2:24pm

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