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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) » Velvet Ants (Mutillidae) » Sphaeropthalminae » Dasymutillini » Dasymutilla » Dasymutilla ursus

Species Dasymutilla ursus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Internet References · Works Cited
Mutillid 3 - Dasymutilla ursus - female Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla ursus - female Velvet ant - Dasymutilla ursus - female mutillid - Dasymutilla ursus - female Small female mutillid - Dasymutilla ursus - female D vesta - Dasymutilla ursus - female spider wasp - Dasymutilla ursus - male Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla ursus - 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 Sphaeropthalminae
Tribe Dasymutillini
Genus Dasymutilla
Species ursus (Dasymutilla ursus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dasymutilla ursus (Fabricius, 1793)
Dasymutilla columbiana Mickel, 1928
Dasymutilla carolina Rohwer, 1912
Dasymutilla mesillae Rohwer, 1912
Dasymutilla texensis Rohwer, 1912
Dasymutilla coloradella kamloopsensis Rohwer, 1912
Dasymutilla coloradella virginica Rohwer, 1912
Dasymutilla coloradella Rohwer, 1912
Dasymutilla ferrugatella Rohwer, 1912
Dasymutilla bosquensis Rohwer, 1912
Dasymutilla errans Rohwer, 1912
Pycnomutilla harmoniiformis Rohwer, 1912
Mutilla zella Rohwer, 1910
Mutilla agenor Fox, 1899
Mutilla sappho Fox, 1899
Scolia unicincta Provancher, 1882
Mutilla vesta Cresson, 1865 → Dasymutilla vesta (Cresson, 1865)
Orig. comb.: Sphex ursus Fabricius, 1793(1)
Internet References
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Works Cited
1.Clarification of the status of Paraferreola as an available genus name in Pompilidae, and the identity of Sphex ursus ...
Denis J. Brothers, Arkady S. Lelej, & Kevin A. Williams. 2022. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 91: 429-444.
Contributed by Cotinis on 21 January, 2006 - 1:40pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 6 January, 2023 - 7:08pm

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