MutillidaeAglaotilla Bothriomutilla rugicollis (Mutillid Wasp) Dasymutillini

Bothriomutilla rugicollis is a species in the family Mutillidae, a group of wasps also known as Velvet Ants or Mutillid Wasps. Like other members of the family, the female (pictured here) are wingless wasps, and look like fuzzy ants.

Bothriomutilla rugicollis (Mutillid wasp), Cookernup WA © Carl Richards
Bothriomutilla rugicollis (Mutillid wasp), Cookernup WA © Carl Richards
Bothriomutilla rugicollis (Mutillid wasp), Cookernup WA © Carl Richards
Bothriomutilla rugicollis (Mutillid wasp), Cookernup WA © Carl Richards
Bothriomutilla rugicollis (Mutillid wasp), Cookernup WA © Carl Richards
Bothriomutilla rugicollis (Mutillid wasp), Cookernup WA © Carl Richards
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Hymenoptera
  • Superfamily: Vespoidea
  • Family: Mutillidae
  • Subfamily: Sphaeropthalminae
  • Genus: Bothriomutilla
  • Species: Bothriomutilla rugicollis
  • Subspecies:
    • Bothriomutilla rugicollis obscuriventris (André, 1895)
    • Bothriomutilla rugicollis rugicollis (Westwood, 1843)

Footnote & References

  1. Bothriomutilla rugicollis (Mutillid Wasp) © Carl Richards
  2. Many thanks to Kim Lesley Angus for ID, member of Insects of Perth & South West Western Australia, https://www.facebook.com/groups/925620167561301
  3. Bothriomutilla rugicollis (Westwood, 1843), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/df31d0a3-4d8c-4cb4-8787-3287cee1abe4

MutillidaeAglaotilla Bothriomutilla rugicollis (Mutillid Wasp) Dasymutillini

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