MUTILLIDAE Latreille, 1802
(velvet ants)

MUTILLIDAE (velvet ants) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MUTILLIDAE (velvet ants) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
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references
Mutilla europaea
Large Velvet Ant
Species 1 trophisms
Myrmosa atra
Black-headed Velvet Ant
Species 1 trophisms
Smicromyrme rufipes
Small Velvet Ant
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyMUTILLIDAE (velvet ants)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MUTILLIDAE (velvet ants)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Archer, M.E. 2014 Vespoid Wasps (Tiphiidea, Mutillidae, Sapygidae, Scoliidae and Vespidae) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 6 Pt 6, 82pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Berland, L. 1925 *** Hyménoptères Vespiformes I (Sphegidae, Pompilidae, Scoliidae, Sapygidae, Mutillidae) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 10, 364pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Falk, S. Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants and relatives) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629294459686/
Richards, O.W. 1980 Scolioidea, Vespoidea and Sphecoidea Handbooks for the Identification of Britsh Insects, Vol VI. Part 3(b), 118pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
() Yeo, P.F., & Corbet, S.A. 1995 Solitary Wasps Naturalists’ Handbooks, 3, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

MUTILLIDAE (velvet ants) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to MUTILLIDAE (velvet ants):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 9 images of MUTILLIDAE (velvet ants)
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