Xenidae
| Xenidae | |
|---|---|
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| Xenos peckii pupae on a paper wasp (New York) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Strepsiptera |
| Suborder: | Stylopidia |
| Family: | Xenidae Saunders, 1872 |
Xenidae is a family of twisted-winged insects in the order Strepsiptera. There are about 13 genera and more than 120 described species in Xenidae.[1][2]
Genera
[edit]These 13 genera belong to the family Xenidae:
- Brasixenos Kogan & Oliveira, 1966
- Deltoxenos Benda et al, 2022
- Eupathocera Pierce, 1908
- Leionotoxenos Pierce, 1909
- Macroxenos Schultze, 1925
- Nipponoxenos (Kifune & Maeta, 1975)
- Paragioxenos Ogloblin, 1923
- Paraxenos Saunders, 1872
- Pseudoxenos Saunders, 1872
- Sphecixenos Benda et al, 2022
- Tachytixenos Pierce, 1911
- Tuberoxenos Benda et al, 2022
- Xenos Rossi, 1793
References
[edit]- ↑ Benda, D; Pohl, H; Nakase, Y; et al. (2022). "A generic classification of Xenidae (Strepsiptera) based on the morphology of the female cephalothorax and male cephalotheca with a preliminary checklist of species". ZooKeys (1093): 1–134. Bibcode:2022ZooK.1093....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1093.72339. PMC 9010403. PMID 35586542.
- ↑ Salt, George; Bequaert, Joseph (1929). "Stylopized Vespidae". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 36 (3): 249–282. doi:10.1155/1929/78563.
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