''Dasymutilla leda'' is a species of
velvet ant
Velvet ants (Mutillidae) are a family (biology), family of more than 7,000 species of wasps whose wingless females resemble large, hairy ants. Their common name velvet ant refers to their resemblance to an ant, and their dense pile of hair, whic ...
native to North America.
Found in the central United States from South Dakota to Texas, only females have been collected by scientists but "distribution and coloration suggest that ''D. myrice'' may be the male of this species."
References
Insects described in 1872
Hymenoptera of North America
Mutillidae
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