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Superfamily Pompiloidea - Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies

Dasymutilla? - Dasymutilla nigripes - female

Dasymutilla - Dasymutilla bioculata - female

TX - Velvet Ant? - Sphaeropthalma imperialis - male

Possible Mutillidae sp - Timulla barbata

foxi looks like the best match in BG - Dasymutilla foxi

Ground 2 - Caliadurgus fasciatellus - female

Tachypompilus ferrugineus ferrugineus - Tachypompilus ferrugineus

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)

Print References

Pilgrim E.M., von Dohlen C.D., Pitts J.P. (2008) Molecular phylogenetics of Vespoidea indicate paraphyly of the superfamily and novel relationships of its component families and subfamilies. Zoologica Scripta 37: 539-560. (Full text)

Contributed by George Waldren on 17 June, 2013 - 11:16am
Additional contributions by josephfortier, v belov
Last updated 2 August, 2023 - 3:00pm

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Superfamily Pompiloidea - Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies

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