Hoplomutilla

Hoplomutilla
Hoplomutilla gigantea , Tocantins, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Mutillidae
Subfamily:	Sphaeropthalminae
Genus:	Hoplomutilla Ashmead, 1899
Type species
Mutilla spinosa Swederus, 1787

Hoplomutilla is a genus of "velvet ants," a type of wasp, in the family Mutillidae. ^[1] This genus is found in Central America and South America. ^[1]

Taxonomy

Hoplomutilla contains the following species:

• Hoplomutilla panamensis ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla triumphans ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla maculifrons ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla acutangula ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla caerulea ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla aurigena ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla sciron ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla dispar ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla rohweri ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla biplagiata ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla auromaculata ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla macrogastra ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla semele ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla fenestrata ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla traversa ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla perfidiosa ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla patricialis ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla aemula ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla uncifera ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla xanthocerata ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla larvata ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla lanata ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla rapax ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla serena ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla bequaerti ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla pardalis ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla telestes ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla excentrica ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla opima ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla goyazana ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla gabbii ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla fraterna ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla myops ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla insignis ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla sociata ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla approximata ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla superba ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla gigantea ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla spinosa ^[1]
• Hoplomutilla phorcys ^[1]

See also

• Dasymutilla

References

1. "Genus Hoplomutilla". iNaturalist. Retrieved 8 January 2026.