Dasymutilla flammifera explained

Dasymutilla flammifera is a species of velvet ant found along the Pacific coast of North America and inland to Idaho and Arizona.^{[1] [2]}

This species was first described by American entomologist Clarence E. Mickel in 1928.^{[3] [4]} Per Mickel, D. flammifera females are "very dark mahogany red, the pubescence of the head, thorax, and abdomen above scarlet; length, 13 mm" and are similar to Dasymutilla sackenii except for "the sculpture of the genae," coloration, and the fuzz on the femora. The type species was collected near Claremont, California.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dasymutilla flammifera . iNaturalist . 2024-11-19 . en-US.
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 . 10.4289/0013-8797.122.2.335 . 0013-8797.
3. Web site: Species Dasymutilla flammifera . 2024-11-19 . bugguide.net . en.
4. Mickel . Clarence E. . 1928 . Biological and Taxonomic Investigations on the Mutillid Wasps . Bulletin of the United States National Museum . Washington, D.C. . U.S. Government Printing Office . 143 . 1–351 . 10.5479/si.03629236.143.1.