Dasymutilla bonita (lat.) - a species of German wasps (velvet ants) of the genus Dasymutilla from the subfamily Sphaeropthalminae (tribe Pseudomethocini ). Endemic to North America [1] .
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Content
- 1 Distribution
- 2 Description
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Distribution
North America: USA (Arizona) and Mexico (Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora) [1] .
Description
Small fluffy German wasps, body length from 6 to 10 mm (females 6-8 mm; males 7-10 mm). The first segment of the flagellum flagellum is 2 times longer than its maximum width, the head is monochromatic with a mesosome and abdomen. Propodeum covered with silver bristles. The mandibles are straight, the mesosome is longer than its width, a distinct scutellar scale, a pygidium with distinct grooves are developed. Complex hemispherical eyes. The abdomen is nodular with a petiol connecting it to the breast. Shins of middle pair of legs of males with two spurs. The pygidial field of females is well developed. Sexual dimorphism is characteristic : females are wingless, males are winged. Parasites in nests of stinging hymenopteran insects, where they lay their eggs in the larvae of the hosts of this nest. German larvae feed on host larvae and pupate there. Adults feed on nectar [1] [2] [3] .
The species was first described in 1928 by C. Mickel (CE) [4] . The species’s valid status was confirmed during a 2012 species group audit by American entomologists Kevin A. Williams and James P. Pitts , both of Utah State University , Logan, Utah, and their co-authors. The taxon is included in the species group Dasymutilla monticola species-group ( D. arenerronea , D. archboldi , D. birkmani , D. canella , D. eurynome , D. macilenta , D. monticola , D. radkei , D. saetigera , D. vesta ); close to the species Dasymutilla saetigera [1] .
See also
- Gogoltilla chichikovi
- Rasnitsynitilla
- Nuristanilla kabakovi
- Tobantilla charrasca
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Williams, KA, Manley, DG, Deyrup, M., von Dohlen, C., Pitts, JP Systematic review of the Dasymutilla monticola species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae): using phylogenetics to address species-group placement and sex associations (Eng.) // Zootaxa : Journal. - 2012. - Vol. 3554. - P. 1-29.
- ↑ Kevin A. Williams. 2012. Systematics of Multillidae (Hymenoptera) With Special Emphasis on Dasymutilla and Their Allies. - Thesis of Doctor of philosophy in Biology. - Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 2012 .-- 1-322pp.
- ↑ Manley, DG and JP Pitts. Key to the genera and subgenera of Mutillidae of America North of Mexico (Eng.) // Journal of Hymenoptera research: Journal. - 2002. - Vol. 11. - P. 72-101.
- ↑ Mickel, CE (1928). Biological and taxonomic investigations on the mutillid wasps. United States Museum Bulletin, 143, 1–351.
Literature
- Lelei A.S. German wasps (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) of the fauna of the USSR and neighboring countries. - L .: Nauka, 1985 .-- 268 p.
- Lelei A.S. Catalog of German wasps (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) of the Palearctic region. - Vladivostok: Dalnauka, 2002 .-- 171 p.
- Hurd PD, Jr. The California velvet ants of the genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) (Eng.) // Bull. Calif. Insect Survey: Magazine. - 1951. - Vol. 4. - P. 89-118.
- Manley, DG and JP Pitts. Revision of the Neotropical velvet ants of the genus Dasymutilla (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) (Eng.) // Zootaxa : Journal. - 2007. - Vol. 1487. - P. 1-128.
- Nonveiller, G. Catalog of the Mutillidae, Myrmosidae and Bradynobaenidae of the Neotropical Region including Mexico (Insecta, Hymenoptera) .. - Den Haag: SPB Academic Publishing, 1990 .-- 150 p. - (Hymenopterorum Catalogus (Nova Editio), 18).
Links
- Genus Dasymutilla BugGuide.net . Iowa State University. Date of treatment February 20, 2015.