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Notocyphus

Notocyphus is a genus of spider wasps, belonging to the family Pompilidae. They are the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Notocyphinae. These wasps are found in the Nearctic and the Neotropics.

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Notocyphus
Notocyphus dorsalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Notocyphinae
Genus: Notocyphus
Smith, 1855
Type species
Notocyphus saevissimus
Smith, 18551

Notocyphus is a genus of spider wasps, belonging to the family Pompilidae. They are the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Notocyphinae.2 These wasps are found in the Nearctic and the Neotropics.

Species

The following species are included in the genus Notocyphus:3

  • Notocyphus abdominalis Lucas, 1897
  • Notocyphus abnormis (Taschenberg, 1869)
  • Notocyphus adoletis Banks, 1945
  • Notocyphus albopictus Smith, 1862
  • Notocyphus alboplagiatus (F.Smith)
  • Notocyphus anacaona Rodriguez & Pitts, 2012
  • Notocyphus apicalis Cameron, 1893
  • Notocyphus atratus Banks, 1947
  • Notocyphus aurantiicornis Lucas, 1897
  • Notocyphus bicolor Lucas, 1897
  • Notocyphus bimaculatus Lucas, 1897
  • Notocyphus bipartitus Banks, 1947
  • Notocyphus brevicornis Fox, 1897
  • Notocyphus chiriquensis Cameron, 1893
  • Notocyphus compressiventris (Cresson, 1865)
  • Notocyphus conspicua (Smith, 1873)
  • Notocyphus crassicornis (Smith, 1864)
  • Notocyphus deceptus Banks, 1947
  • Notocyphus dolorosus Banks, 1947
  • Notocyphus dorsalis Cresson, 1872
  • Notocyphus dubius Fox, 1897
  • Notocyphus erythronotus Lucas, 1897
  • Notocyphus femoratus Lucas, 1897
  • Notocyphus ferrugineus Fox, 1897
  • Notocyphus fraternus Banks, 1947
  • Notocyphus fulvus Lucas, 1897
  • Notocyphus fumipennis (Cameron, 1891)
  • Notocyphus fuscus Lucas, 1897
  • Notocyphus griseus Lucas, 1897
  • Notocyphus inornatus Banks, 1947
  • Notocyphus joergenseni Brèthes, 1909
  • Notocyphus laetabilis (Smith, 1873)
  • Notocyphus lucasi Banks, 1945
  • Notocyphus lugubris (Smith, 1873)
  • Notocyphus lunulatus Lucas, 1897
  • Notocyphus luteipennis Lucas, 1897
  • Notocyphus macrostoma Kohl, 1886
  • Notocyphus maculifrons Smith, 1873
  • Notocyphus melanosoma Kohl, 1886
  • Notocyphus minimus Lucas, 1897
  • Notocyphus morosus Banks, 1947
  • Notocyphus multipicta (Smith, 1873)
  • Notocyphus nessus Banks, 1945
  • Notocyphus nigrinus Banks, 1947
  • Notocyphus nubilipennis Fox, 1897
  • Notocyphus obscuripennis Fox, 1897
  • Notocyphus octomaculatus Arnold, 1951
  • Notocyphus ordinaria (Smith, 1873)
  • Notocyphus ornatus Banks, 1947
  • Notocyphus pallidipennis Banks, 1947
  • Notocyphus pictipennis Fox, 1897
  • Notocyphus plagiatus Smith, 1862
  • Notocyphus procris Banks, 1947
  • Notocyphus rixosus Smith, 1855
  • Notocyphus rubriventris Brèthes, 1909
  • Notocyphus rufigaster Banks, 1945
  • Notocyphus saevissimus Smith, 1855
  • Notocyphus sericeus Banks, 1947
  • Notocyphus sigmoides Banks, 1947
  • Notocyphus signatus Banks, 1947
  • Notocyphus similis Fox, 1897
  • Notocyphus stahli Lucas, 1897
  • Notocyphus terminatus Fox, 1897
  • Notocyphus thetis Banks, 1945
  • Notocyphus tyrannicus Smith, 1855
  • Notocyphus unicinctus Brèthes, 1913
  • Notocyphus variegatus Banks, 1947
  • Notocyphus vindex Smith, 1864
  • Notocyphus violaceipennis Cameron, 1893
  • Notocyphus williamsi Banks, 1947
  • Notocyphus xanthoproctus Lucas, 1897
References

References

  1. Waichert, Cecilia; Rodriguez, Juanita; von Dohlen, Carol & Pitts, James (2012). "The Spider Wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic". Zootaxa. 3353: 1–47. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.1.
  2. Waichert, Cecilia; Rodriguez, Juanita; Wasbauer, Marius; von Dohlen, Carol & Pitts, James (2015). "Molecular phylogeny and systematics of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): Redefining subfamily boundaries and the origin of the family". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 175 (2): 271–287. doi:10.1111/zoj.12272.
  3. "Notocyphus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 3 August 2021.