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BugGuide Gathering
Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
 
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Photos from the 2007 gathering in Minnesota

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Family Stylopidae

Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Strepsiptera (Twisted-winged Insects)
Family Stylopidae
Numbers
About 91 species according to Nearctica
Remarks
Most are parasitic on bees (Andrenidae, Halictidae and Hylaeinae); some are parasitic on wasps (Polistinae, Eumeninae and Sphecinae).
Works Cited
1.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn