Dasymutilla vesta (Cresson, 1865) Cresson, 1865
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES














































































Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Mutillidae
- genus
- Dasymutilla
- species
- Dasymutilla vesta
diagnosis
Diagnosis. FEMALE. The female of this species (Fig. 23) can be separated from other Dasymutilla by the following combination of characters: the integument of the head and mesosoma is pale orange to red, there is a narrow scutellar scale, there are no transverse carinae anterior to the scutellar scale, and the propodeum is punctate or weakly reticulate. MALE. The male of this species can be separated from other Dasymutilla by the following combination of characters: the tegulae are coarsely punctate (Fig. 4), the mesonotum is raised and expanded laterally (Fig. 4), and T 3 – 7 are clothed entirely with black setae (Fig. 35).