Dasymutilla klugii
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| Dasymutilla klugii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Mutillidae |
| Genus: | Dasymutilla |
| Species: | D. klugii |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasymutilla klugii Gray, 1872 | |
Dasymutilla klugii, also known as Klug's velvet ant, is a species of velvet ant.[1] Found in south-central North America from Utah to Puebla, it is the most commonly encountered velvet ant in Texas.[1]: 84 Velvet ants are actually parasitic wasps, among the species used by D. klugii to incubate their young are cicada-killer wasps (Sphecius grandis).[1]: 84
The specific name honors German entomologist Johann C. F. Klug.[1]: 84
