Dasymutilla scitula
Species of velvet ant
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Dasymutilla scitula is a species of velvet ant native to North America.[1] This species is "restricted to the Great Basin ecoregion," and the females must be carefully distinguished from Dasymutilla arenivaga.[2]: 401–402
| Dasymutilla scitula | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Mutillidae |
| Genus: | Dasymutilla |
| Species: | D. scitula |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasymutilla scitula Mickel, 1928 | |