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20 July 2023 VELVET ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: MUTILLIDAE) OF THE LESLIE CANYON AND SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES (COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA)
Donald G. Manley, William R. Radke, Kevin A. Williams
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Abstract

A comprehensive study was made over a 22-year period of the velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Leslie Canyon and San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) near Douglas, Arizona, and the NWR headquarters north of Douglas. Nearly 100 species in 11 genera were collected, including 8 putatively new species and 1 new sex association. Dasymutilla glycera Mickel 1928 is a junior synonym of Dasymutilla dionysia Mickel 1928. After these collections and a comparison of species present in other localities, >134 species are recognized from Cochise County, Arizona, affirming this region as a true hotspot of diversity for velvet ants.

Se realizó un estudio exhaustivo durante un periodo de 22 años de las hormigas aterciopeladas (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) de los National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) de Leslie Canyon y San Bernardino cerca de Douglas, Arizona, USA y la oficina central del NWR al norte de Douglas. Se recolectaron casi 100 especies en 11 géneros, incluyendo 8 especies supuestamente nuevas y una nueva asociación sexual. Dasymutilla glycera Mickel 1928 es un sinónimo menor de Dasymutilla dionysia Mickel 1928. Después de estas colecciones y comparación de especies presentes en otras localidades, se reconocen >134 especies del condado de Cochise, Arizona, afirmando esta región como un hotspot verdadero de diversidad para las hormigas aterciopeladas.

Donald G. Manley, William R. Radke, and Kevin A. Williams "VELVET ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: MUTILLIDAE) OF THE LESLIE CANYON AND SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES (COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA)," The Southwestern Naturalist 67(2), 116-125, (20 July 2023). https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-67.2.116
Received: 1 March 2022; Accepted: 21 February 2023; Published: 20 July 2023
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