Dasymutilla
| Dasymutilla | |
|---|---|
| Dasymutilla aureola | |
| Dasymutilla foxi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Mutillidae |
| Tribe: | Dasymutillini |
| Genus: | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1899 |
| Species | |
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~200 species; see text | |
Dasymutilla is a wasp genus belonging to the family Mutillidae. Their larvae are external parasites to various types of ground-nesting Hymenoptera. Most of the velvet ants in North America—the wingless females of which are conspicuous as colorful, fast, and "fuzzy" bugs—are in the genus Dasymutilla.