Myrmosa Latreille, 1797

Williams, Kevin A., 2025, Color syndrome terminology for velvet ant females (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae and Myrmosidae), Zootaxa 5684 (1), pp. 1-238 : 12

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Myrmosa Latreille, 1797 —The best available key to species was written by Krombein (1940).

Fig. 11 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosa atra 1 Panzer, 1801: Code 2/4, length 4.7 mm, Netherlands (PA), Lunteren (52.09 5.62), CSCA. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA.

Fig. 12 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosa atra 2 Panzer, 1801: Code 1/4, length 4.1 mm, Sweden (PA), Bohuslan, Halta (57.89 11.83), MZLU. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA.

Fig. 13 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosa bradleyi Roberts, 1929 : Code 1/4, length 7 mm, USA (NA), California, Berkeley (37.87 - 122.25), CASC. Determined by M.J. Wasbauer. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Fig. 14 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosa unicolor Say, 1824 : Code 1/4, length 4 mm, USA (NA), Massachussetts, Boston (42.36 - 71.06), CSCA. Determined by M.J. Wasbauer. Photo by KAW at CDFA.

Fig. 15 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosa cf. blakei Bradley, 1917 : Code 1/4, length 4.5 mm, USA (NA), Georgia, Telfair Co., Horse Creek (31.84 -82.78), UCRC. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA.

Fig. 16 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosa cf. peculiaris Krombein, 1940 : Code 1/4, length 5 mm, USA (NA), Kansas, Lawrence (38.99 -95.20), UCRC. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Fig. 17 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosa sp. nov.: Code 1/4, length 5 mm, USA (NA), Oregon, Curry Co., Timeus Ranch near Brookings (42.10 -124.28), UCDC. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Myrmosula Bradley, 1917 —There is a key to species in Wasbauer (1973); most of the species were diagnosed in Williams et al. (2024a).

Fig. 18 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosula boharti Wasbauer, 1973 : Code 3/2, length 4.7 mm, USA (NA), California, Riverside Co., Painted Canyon (33.59 -116.02), CSCA. Determined by M.J. Wasbauer. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Fig. 19 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosula exaggerata (Krombein, 1940) : Code 1/4, length 5.5 mm, Mexico (NA), Baja California, 10 mi South San Quintin (30.43 -115.78), CSCA. Determined by M.J. Wasbauer. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Fig. 20 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosula latericarinata Wasbauer, 1973 : Code 3/2, length 4.4 mm, Mexico (NA), Baja California Sur, 18 mi NW Loreto, Hwy 1 (26.42 -111.59), CSCA. Determined by M.J. Wasbauer. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Fig. 21 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosula nasuta Wasbauer, 1973 : Code 3/2, length 4.1 mm, USA (NA), California, San Bernardino Co., 7 mi SW Kelso (34.93 -115.76), CSCA. Determined by M.J. Wasbauer. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Fig. 22 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosula pacifica Mickel, 1940 : Code 1/4, length 4.7 mm, USA (NA), California, Monterey Co., Salinas (36.68 -121.66), CSCA. Determined by M.J. Wasbauer. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Fig. 23 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosula parvula (Fox, 1893) : Code 1/4, length 4.8 mm, USA (NA), Kansas, Lawrence (38.97 - 95.24), CSCA. Determined by D.J. Brothers. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Fig. 24 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosula peregrinatrix (Krombein, 1946) : Code 1/4, length 4.5 mm, Canada (NA), Alberta, Medicine Hat (50.03 -110.70), CSCA. Determined by M.J. Wasbauer. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Fig. 25 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosula rutilans (Blake, 1879) : Code 3/2, length 5.7 mm, USA (NA), California, Santa Rosa Co., San Jose (37.34 -121.89), CSCA. Determined by M.J. Wasbauer. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Fig. 26 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosula sp. nov. 1: Code 3/2, length 4.7 mm, Mexico (NA), Coahuila, 18 km S Cuatrocienagas (26.87 -102.13), UCRC. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Fig. 27 View FIGURES 2–34 — Myrmosula sp. nov. 2: Code 1/4, length 4.1 mm, USA (NA), Arizona, Sierra Vista Southeast (31.50 - 110.28), CSCA. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA .