''Dasymutilla sicheliana'' is a
species of
velvet ant
The Mutillidae are a family of more than 7,000 species of wasps whose wingless females resemble large, hairy ants. Their common name velvet ant refers to their dense pile of hair, which most often is bright scarlet or orange, but may also be bl ...
found predominantly in Mexico and the U.S. state of Arizona.
References
Taxa named by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure
Insects described in 1868
Mutillidae
Hymenoptera of North America
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