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http://www.zoology-quest.net/wiki/index.php/Mutillidae
Family: Mutillidae
"These insects are actually wingless wasps, not ants, and are in the order Hymenoptera. There are over 400 species in North America, and many are very difficult to identify to the species level. They are generally brightly colored, very active runners, and can deliver a very painful sting."
http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/hymenoptera/velvetants.htm
Family Mutillidae -- velvet ants
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Subclass Pterygota
Infraclass Neoptera
Order Hymenoptera
Suborder Apocrita
Infraorder Aculeata
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Mutillidae -- velvet ants Direct Children:
Genus Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1899
http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_v...
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