Chyphotidae
| Chyphotidae | |
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| Chyphotes male | |
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| Chyphotes female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Thynnoidea |
| Family: | Chyphotidae |
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The Chyphotidae are a family of wasps with wingless females similar to the
mesonotum. These species are found primarily in arid regions in the southwestern United States and adjacent regions in Mexico
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Taxonomy
Recent classifications of Vespoidea sensu lato (beginning in 2008) removed two of the subfamilies formerly placed in the family Bradynobaenidae to a separate family Chyphotidae, thus restricting true bradynobaenids to the Old World, with chyphotids being restricted to the New World.[1][2]
The genera are classified as follows:[3]
Subfamily Chyphotinae
- Chyphotes Blake, 1886
Subfamily Typhoctinae
Tribe Eotillini
- Eotilla Schuster, 1949
- Prototilla Schuster, 1949
Tribe Typhoctini
- Typhoctes Ashmead, 1899
- Typhoctoides Brothers, 1974
References
- S2CID 85905070.
- PMID 24094856.
- hdl:11336/29726.
