| 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 |
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