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Generating functions, Tutte polynomials, and the bivariate series $\sum_n x^n y^{n^2} / n!$.

A few years ago I computed the Tutte polynomials of the matroids given by the classical Coxeter groups, and found that their generating functions are all simple variations of the series $\sum_n \frac{x^n y^{n^2}}{n!}$. I've wondered if there is a more geometric/algebraic explanation of this. Is this series known? Are there other natural occurrences of it that might be relevant?