Velvet Ants of North America

Name: Velvet Ants of North America
Brand: Princeton University Press
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Kevin Williams Aaron D. Pan Joseph S. Wilson(Autor*in)

Princeton University Press

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Erschienen am 30. Januar 2024

440 Seiten

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Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1-Introduction
1.1- What is a velvet ant? The indestructible insect!
1.2-What do velvet ants do?
1.3-Why should we care about velvet ants?
1.4-Where do velvet ants live?
1.5-How can I catch velvet ants?
1.6-How many velvet ants are out there?
1.7-How are velvet ants classified?
1.8-How to use this guide
1.9- Wait a minute, is this creature even a velvet ant?
Chapter 2-Day Walkers-Diurnal Female Velvet Ants-Genera
2.1-Sphaeropthalminae: Dasymutillini
2.2-Sphaeropthalminae: Pseudomethocini
2.3-Sphaeropthalminae: Sphaeropthalmini
2.4-Sphaeropthalminae: Ephutini
2.5-Mutillinae: Trogaspidiini
2.6-Myrmosinae
Chapter 3-Day Walkers-Diurnal Female Velvet Ants-Color Syndromes and Species
3.1-Desert Females Color Syndrome
3.2-Western Females Color Syndrome
3.3-Texan Females Color Syndrome
3.4-Madrean Females Color Syndrome
3.5-Timulla-like Females Color Syndrome
3.6-Eastern Females Color Syndrome
3.7-Cryptic Females Color Syndrome
Chapter 4-Day Fliers-Diurnal Male Velvet Ants-Genera
4.1-Sphaeropthalminae: Dasymutillini
4.2-Sphaeropthalminae: Pseudomethocini
4.3-Sphaeropthalminae: Sphaeropthalmini
4.4-Sphaeropthalminae: Ephutini
4.5-Mutillinae: Trogaspidiini
4.6-Myrmosinae
Chapter 5-Day Fliers-Diurnal Male Velvet Ants-Color Syndromes and Species
5.1-Desert Males Color Syndrome
5.2-Western Males Color Syndrome
5.3-Texan Males Color Syndrome
5.4-Ephuta-like Males Color Syndrome
5.5-Timulla-like Males Color Syndrome
5.6-Eastern Males Color Syndrome
5.7-Sphaeropthalma-like Males Color Syndrome
Chapter 6-The Graveyard Shift-Nocturnal Velvet Ants
6.1-Introduction and genera
6.2-Structural characters-females
6.3-Structural characters-males
Chapter 7-Mesoamerica
7.1-Ecosystems and ecoregions
7.2- Old and new friends-genera in Mesoamerica
Velvet ant species in Mesoamerica
7.3- North American color syndromes in Mesoamerica
7.4- New color syndromes in Neotropical Mesoamerica
7.5-Caribbean clusters
Chapter 8-Velvet Ants Around the World
8.1-Global diversity and distribution
8.2-Highlighted taxa
8.3-Examples around the World
Chapter 9-Appendices
9.1-Morphology
9.2-Glossary
9.3-Keys, Keys, Keys
References
Formal acknowledgments
Checklist of Diurnal Velvet Ants in the USA
Index

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