Family Chyphotid Wasps (Chyphotidae)
Chyphotidae is a family in the order Hymenoptera. Browse 21 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.
Species in Chyphotidae (21)
Chyphotes aenigmus
Chyphotes aenigmus
Identification: This species can be separated from other species in this subgenus by the presence of darkened integument of the head and the characteristic genitalia where the dorsal and ventral margins of paramere are divergent, curvature of dorsal
Chyphotes belfragei
Chyphotes belfragei
Identification: T3, meso- & meta- femora and tibiae piceous. One male from Big Bend (TX) had identical genitalia and entirely stramineous legs. Chyphotes elevatus overlaps in sw US, tending to occur at lower elevations than belfragei and meso- & meta
Chyphotes cooki
Chyphotes cooki
Identification: Males are conspicuously wingless like the females.
Chyphotes elevatus
Chyphotes elevatus
Identification: T3 distinctly darker, meso- & metafemur slightly infuscated. Males generally smaller than in Ch. belfragei and occur at lower elevations. In Ch. belfragei femora & tibiae are darkened.
Chyphotes melaniceps
Chyphotes melaniceps
Identification: T3 concolorous with remainder of abdomen. Variable terga contrast in other 5 dark-headed species of subgenus Chyphotes makes species ID uncertain without dissection. Can be separated from other species in this subgenus by the darkened
Typhoctes peculiaris
Typhoctes peculiaris
Identification: This polytypic species is represented by two races - the nominate found in the Great Basin and ssp mirabilis from central AZ east into the Great Plains
Chyphotes atriceps
Chyphotes atriceps
Chyphotes attenuatus
Chyphotes attenuatus
Chyphotes auripilus
Chyphotes auripilus
Chyphotes buzickyi
Chyphotes buzickyi
Chyphotes evansi
Chyphotes evansi
Chyphotes incredulus
Chyphotes incredulus
Chyphotes mickeli
Chyphotes mickeli
Chyphotes nubeculus
Chyphotes nubeculus
Chyphotes pallidus
Chyphotes pallidus
Chyphotes pedunculatus
Chyphotes pedunculatus
Chyphotes petiolatus
Chyphotes petiolatus
Chyphotes pueblus
Chyphotes pueblus
Chyphotes sonorus
Chyphotes sonorus
Typhoctes striolatus
Typhoctes striolatus
Typhoctes williamsi
Typhoctes williamsi