Genus Typhoctes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Typhoctes peculiaris mirabilis (Bradynobaenidae) - Typhoctes peculiaris - female

Velvet ant? - Typhoctes peculiaris - female

Dark hairy Mojave pitfall wasp - Typhoctes - 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 Typhoctinae

Genus Typhoctes

Explanation of Names

Typhoctes Ashmead, 1899

Numbers

3 spp. in our area; 5 spp. total(1)(2)(3)

1. Typhoctes peculiaris: WA to w. KS; CA to TX

2. Typhoctes striolatus: sw. TX to s. AZ

3. Typhoctes williamsi: s. CA

Identification

Keys to species are presented after Krombein & Schuster (1957):(1)

Key to Females

1a. Pronotum and vertex lacking dense, pale, appressed pubescence; venter of thorax and

legs with entirely pale setae; T1 & T2 with narrow silvery fringe .................................. williamsi

1b. Pronotum and sometimes vertex with dense, pale, appressed pubescence .................. 2

2a. T3 lacking appressed pubescence on disc and apex; tibial calcaria entirely white ......... T. striolatus

2b. T3 with appressed pubescence on disc and apical band; tibial calcaria with black tip .... T. peculiaris

Range

western North America south to Guatemala (T. guatemalensis)(1)

Works Cited

1.	A Review of the Typhoctinae Karl V. Krombein and Rudolf M. Schuster. 1957. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 59(5): 209-232.

2.	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.

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

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 15 September, 2006 - 8:23pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, PaleoJon, egordon88
Last updated 25 September, 2023 - 8:20pm

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