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Xenidae
Xenidae is a family of twisted-winged insects in the order Strepsiptera The Strepsiptera are an order of insects with eleven extant families that include about 600 described species. They are endoparasites in other insects, such as bees, wasps, leafhoppers, silverfish, and cockroaches. Females of most species never .... There are about 13 genera and more than 120 described species in Xenidae. Genera 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 Strepsiptera {{strepsiptera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strepsiptera
The Strepsiptera are an order of insects with eleven extant families that include about 600 described species. They are endoparasites in other insects, such as bees, wasps, leafhoppers, silverfish, and cockroaches. Females of most species never emerge from the host after entering its body, finally dying inside it. The early-stage larvae do emerge because they must find an unoccupied living host, and the short-lived males must emerge to seek a receptive female in her host. They are believed to be most closely related to beetles, from which they diverged 300–350 million years ago, but do not appear in the fossil record until the mid-Cretaceous around 100 million years ago. The order is not well known to non-specialists, and the nearest they have to a common name is stylops. The name of the order translates to "twisted wing"', giving rise to other common names used for the order, twisted-wing insects and twisted-winged parasites. Adult males are rarely observed, although specimen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenos (insect)
''Xenos'' is a genus of insects belonging to the family Xenidae. The word derives from the Greek word for strange. A species of the genus is ''Xenos vesparum'', first described by Pietro Rossi in 1793. The females are permanent entomophagous endoparasites of ''Polistes'' paper wasps. They dwell their whole lives in the abdomens of wasps. Species These 33 species belong to the genus ''Xenos'': * ''Xenos afer'' Pasteels, 1950 (Africa) * ''Xenos americanus'' (Brèthes, 1923) (South America) * '' Xenos argentinus'' Brèthes, 1923 (South America) * '' Xenos boharti'' Hofmann, 1965 (South America) * '' Xenos bohlsi'' Hoffmann, 1914 (South America) * '' Xenos bonairensis'' Brèthes, 1923 (South America) * ''Xenos circularis'' Kifune & Maeta, 1985 (Asia) * '' Xenos colombiensis'' Cook, Mayorga-Ch & Sarmiento, 2020 * '' Xenos dianshuiwengi'' Yang, 1999 * '' Xenos formosanus'' Kifune & Maeta, 1985 (Asia) * ''Xenos hamiltoni'' Kathirithamby & Hughes, 2006 (Central America and Mexico) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
