Dasymutilla coccineohirta
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| Dasymutilla coccineohirta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Mutillidae |
| Genus: | Dasymutilla |
| Species: | D. coccineohirta |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasymutilla coccineohirta Blake, 1871 | |
Dasymutilla coccineohirta is a species of velvet ant found in North America.[1] Coloration of the "fuzz" (seta) on the females is variable, ranging from red to white.[2] It is found along the Pacific coast as far north as Washington and Idaho and as far south as Baja California state.[1][2]
Dasymutilla clytemnestra was recently synonymized with D. coccineohirta.[2] It is similar to Dasymutilla fulvohirta, but "may be distinguished by the marginal cell being smaller and the clothing much coarser."[3]
This species was first described by Charles Alfred Blake in 1871 from a specimen collected in California.[3]
