Smicromyrme rufipes (Fabricius, 1787)
(Small Velvet Ant)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSmicromyrme rufipes (Small 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 Smicromyrme rufipes (Small Velvet Ant) :
1: Smicromyrme rufipes (Small Velvet Ant)
5 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU49 51° 40’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
near base of sandy cliff
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view (2)Image 3: Lateral viewImage 4: Ventral view

Smicromyrme rufipes (Small Velvet Ant) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Smicromyrme rufipes (Small Velvet Ant)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Smicromyrme rufipes (Small Velvet Ant)
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