Chyphotes
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| Chyphotes | |
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| male of Chyphotes belfragei, New Mexico | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Chyphotidae |
| Subfamily: | Chyphotinae |
| Genus: | Chyphotes Blake, 1886 |
Chyphotes is a genus of wasps in the family Chyphotidae. There are more than 50 described species in Chyphotes found in the United States and Mexico, all with wingless females.[1][2][3] Chyphotes are nocturnal, and some males are wingless as well.[3]
