Los Mutílidos (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) de Mexico: una perspectiva taxonómica

Fernando Varela Hernández

doi:10.21829/azm.2025.4112775

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Fernando Varela Hernández Escuela de Estudios Superiores del Jicarero, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-4667

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2025.4112775

Palabras clave:

Checklist, diversity, geographic distribution, Mexico, species

Resumen

Digitalized data from different collections and information from the literature were analyzed to document the diversity of velvet ants of Mexico. A checklist of 369 species was compiled. This work has contributed to increasing the known species of Mexico by 40.30%. The most species-rich genus is Dasymutilla with 114 species and the less species-rich genera are Hoplognathoca, Myrmosula and Pertyella with one species each. The states with the most genera are Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila and those with the most species are Sonora, Baja California, and Chihuahua. This study represents the first attempt to integrate information on the velvet ants occurring in Mexico and their geographic distribution per state.

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