Dasymutilla californica clio (Blake)

MANLEY, DONALD G. & PITTS, JAMES P., 2007, Tropical and Subtropical Velvet Ants of the Genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with Descriptions of 45 New Species, Zootaxa 1487 (1), pp. 1-128 : 36

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1487.1.1
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scientific name	Dasymutilla californica clio (Blake)
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Mutilla Clio Blake, 1879 . Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 7:251. Holotype female, Vancouver’s Island (H. Edwards) [ANSP] (examined).

Diagnosis of Female. This subspecies of D. californica varies from the nominate species only in having the apical fringes of terga II to IV interrupted medially with black setae.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. USA (Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington); Canada (British Columbia); Mexico.

Remarks. The subspecies is known only from the female and is not nearly as common as the nominate species. It is known from only several dozen specimens. All known specimens have been examined.