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melaniceps-complex

Mutillidae? - Chyphotes Multillidae - Chyphotes - male Multillidae - Chyphotes - male Male, Chyphotes? - Chyphotes - male Male, Chyphotes? - Chyphotes - male Male, Chyphotes? - Chyphotes - male Male, Chyphotes? - Chyphotes - male Male, Chyphotes? - Chyphotes - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Thynnoidea
Family Chyphotidae (Chyphotid Wasps)
Subfamily Chyphotinae
Genus Chyphotes
No Taxon melaniceps-complex
Remarks
There are 6 species in the genus with very dark colored heads, but they are otherwise virtually indistinguishable in images without dissection or DNA testing. (1)
Chyphotes aenigmus
Chyphotes atriceps
Chyphotes calexicensis
Chyphotes ciaran
Chyphotes incredulus
Chyphotes melaniceps - T3 concolorous with other terga, but contrast is not always obvious
Print References
Sadler, Emily A., "Historical Biogeography and Natural History of Nocturnal Wasps in the Southwestern Deserts with Special Emphasis on the Genus Chyphotes (Hymenoptera: Chyphotidae)" (2018). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 6966. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6966 https://doi.org/10.26076/cbba-c050
Works Cited
1.A review of the mutillid genus Chyphotes Blake (Hymenoptera; Mutillidae; Apterogyninae)
Mickel C.E. 1967. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 93: 125-234.