Dasymutilla dominica Manley and Poinar 1991 (velvet ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Mutillidae

Full reference: D. G. Manley and G. O. Poinar. 1991. A new species of fossil Dasymutilla (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from Dominican amber. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 67(3):200-205

Belongs to Dasymutilla according to D. G. Manley and G. O. Poinar 1991

Sister taxon: Dasymutilla albifasciatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Museo del Amber Dominicano coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Museo del Amber Dominicano coll)

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