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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Twisted-winged Insects (Strepsiptera) » Xenidae » Xenos » Xenos peckii
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Stylopid - Xenos peckii - male
Copyright © 2008 Jeff Gruber & UW-Madison Dept. of Entomology

Stylopid - Xenos peckii - Male
Blue River Bluffs SNA, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
August 2, 2008
Size: ~3mm
This specimen emerged (10 Aug 2008) from a Polistes wasp that I collected (2 Aug 2008) on some low vegetation on a steep bluff prairie. I had noticed while out in the field that the wasp was parasitized. This little guy emerged overnight and managed to drown himself in the water bowl (aspirator cap) that I had provided the wasp. Hence no live shots :-(

All pics taken with automontage system. Actual montaging done with CombineZP.

Images of the strepsipteran were taken while specimen was submersed in personal lubricating jelly (for stabilization) - suggested by Dr. Dan Young.

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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 7 December, 2008 - 5:59pm
Last updated 3 March, 2023 - 3:57pm

Moved
Moved from Xenos.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 3 March, 2023 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

Wow Jeff, you've out-done you
Wow Jeff, you've out-done yourself with these. Bugguide has been in need of Strepsiptera photos like these for a long, long time. I love the coarsely fasceted compound eyes, the ommatidia are huge!
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 7 December, 2008 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks Will. I like the mandibles. So bizarre. Wonder what it does with them, if anything. I hopefully will be able to get it id'ed to species. Have to send it off to the UK.
… Jeff Gruber, 9 December, 2008 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Known host relations
Based on known host relations, X. peckii would be the primary candidate. Since this is a male and collected, the specimen is more likely to be keyable for a definitive ID. Insofar as current knowledge, though (esp. Cook's catalog), our stylopids are rather host-specific.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 16 September, 2021 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Awesome
Excellent shots Jeff!!
… George Waldren, 12 December, 2008 - 10:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks George.
… Jeff Gruber, 14 December, 2008 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

Good shots
Good series. These things are small.
… John F. Carr, 7 December, 2008 - 6:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks John.
… Jeff Gruber, 9 December, 2008 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

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