MutillidaeAglaotilla Bothriomutilla rugicollis (Mutillid Wasp) Dasymutillini
The genus Aglaotilla, in the family Mutillidae, currently list 14 species. A characteristic feature of these Australian Mutillid Wasps are the bright metallic coloration and the strong punctation.
Commonly known as Velvet Ants and like all members of the family Mutillidae, the female wasp of the group are wingless.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Vespoidea
- Family: Mutillidae
- Subfamily: Sphaeropthalminae
- Genus: Aglaotilla
- Species:
- Aglaotilla aeruginosa (Smith, 1879)
- Aglaotilla australis (André, 1898)
- Aglaotilla cuprea (André, 1901)
- Aglaotilla dilecta (Turner, 1916)
- Aglaotilla discolor Brothers, 2018
- Aglaotilla ignita (Smith, 1855)
- Aglaotilla metallica (Smith, 1855)
- Aglaotilla mira (André, 1895)
- Aglaotilla nigroaenea (Smith, 1855)
- Aglaotilla picturata (Turner, 1914)
- Aglaotilla semicuprea (André, 1898)
- Aglaotilla submetallescens (Turner, 1916)
- Aglaotilla viridatis (Smith, 1855)
- Aglaotilla viridiaurea (André, 1895)
Footnote & References
- Genus Aglaotilla (Velvet Ant) © Tony Eales
- Aglaotilla Brothers, 2018, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e40fb13b-075c-48cb-a4aa-401393fad513
MutillidaeAglaotilla Bothriomutilla rugicollis (Mutillid Wasp) Dasymutillini
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