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Subfamily Chyphotinae

Hymenoptera - Chyphotes melaniceps - male

UNM Museum of Southwestern Biology - Chyphotes petiolatus - female

Male Pitanta, likely Chyphotes attenuatus - 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

Numbers

a single genus with 45 spp. in our area:(1)(2)

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.

2.	Nomina Insecta Nearctica Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.

Contributed by George Waldren on 13 April, 2023 - 12:31pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 25 September, 2023 - 8:31pm

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