Detailed Record for Dasymutilla occidentalis

Common Name: Red velvet ant

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Hymenoptera / Sub Order Apocrita / Family Mutillidae / Genus Dasymutilla

C-value (pg): 0.46

Method: Feulgen Image Analysis Densitometry

Cell Type: Haemocytes

Standard Species: Tenebrio molitor = 0.52pg

References:
Ardila-Garcia, A.M., G.J. Umphrey, and T.R. Gregory (2010). An expansion of the genome size dataset for the insect order Hymenoptera, with a first test of parasitism and eusociality as possible constraints. Insect Molecular Biology 19: 337–346.

Other records available for this species:

Dasymutilla occidentalis = 0.67 (pg)

Outlinks:
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