Mutilla europaea Linnaeus, 1758
(Large Velvet Ant)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMutilla europaea (Large Velvet Ant)
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)
Records of Mutilla europaea (Large Velvet Ant) :
1: Mutilla europaea (Large Velvet Ant)
23 Jul 2013 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on bare sand among sparse Carex arenaria and Calluna
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 3: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Mutilla europaea (Large Velvet Ant) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mutilla europaea (Large Velvet Ant)
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