Mutillidae

Translingual

Dasymutilla sp.

Etymology

Mutilla, from New Latin mutilla, irregular form of mutilus (“mutilated”) +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Mutillidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – the velvet ants.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Hymenoptera - order

Hyponyms

(family): Mutillinae, Myrmillinae, Myrmosinae, Pseudophotopsidinae, Rhopalomutillinae, Sphaeropthalminae, Ticoplinae - subfamilies

References

Mutillidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mutillidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Mutillidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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