Dasymutilla sackenii
| Dasymutilla sackenii | |
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| File:Sacken's Velvet Ant imported from iNaturalist photo 290389140 on 3 August 2024.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Mutillidae |
| Genus: | Dasymutilla |
| Species: | D. sackenii
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasymutilla sackenii Cresson, 1865
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Dasymutilla sackenii, also known as Sacken's velvet ant, is a species of velvet ant, actually a type of wasp.[1] It is found in Oregon, California, Nevada, Baja California, and Baja California Sur.[2][3]: 399 As with most velvet ants, the males have wings and the females are wingless. The females of this species have cream-colored fuzz (setae) on their backs and black fuzz on their ventral side and legs.[3]: 399 D. sackenii is most commonly observed May through October; observations December through February are very rare.[1] D. sackenii superficially resembles Dasymutilla albiceris and they also have a similar geographic distribution.[3]: 350 The specific name honors 19th-century German diplomat and entomologist Carl Robert Osten-Sacken.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dasymutilla sackenii (Sacken's Velvet Ant)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Species Dasymutilla sackenii - Sacken's Velvet Ant". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Manley, Donald G.; Williams, Kevin A.; Pitts, James P. (2020-05-11). "Keys to Nearctic Velvet Ants of the Genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with Notes on Taxonomic Changes since Krombein (1979)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 122 (2): 335. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.122.2.335. ISSN 0013-8797.
