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Family Stylopidae

Strepsiptera?? - Xenos Stylopized Sphecid Stylopids - Xenos - female Wasp - Xenos Wasp - Xenos Wasp parasite - Xenos Wasp parasite - Xenos Stylopid - Xenos - male
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).
Print References
(1)
Internet References
Tree of Life
Tree of Life, host relationships
Works Cited
1.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn
Contributed by Cotinis on 10 August, 2006 - 4:17pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 3 January, 2008 - 2:26pm

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