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''Xenos'' is a genus of insects belonging to the family 
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 ...
. The word derives from the Greek word for strange. A species of the genus is ''Xenos vesparum
Xenos vesparum is a parasitic insect species of the order Strepsiptera that are endoparasites of paper wasps in the genus Polistes (most commonly ''Polistes dominula)'' that was first described in 1793. Like other members of this family, ''X. ve ...
'', first described by Pietro Rossi in 1793. The females are permanent entomophagous
Entomophagy (, from Greek ἔντομον ', 'insect', and φαγεῖν ', 'to eat') is the practice of eating insects. An alternative term is insectivory. Terms for organisms that practice entomophagy are ''entomophage'' and ''insectivore' ...
endoparasites of ''Polistes
Wasps of the cosmopolitan genus ''Polistes'' (the only genus in the tribe Polistini) are the most familiar of the polistine wasps, and are the most common type of paper wasp in North America. Walter Ebeling coined the vernacular name "umbrella ...
'' paper wasps. They dwell their whole lives in the abdomen
The abdomen (colloquially called the belly, tummy, midriff, tucky or stomach) is the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis, in humans and in other vertebrates. The abdomen is the front part of the abdominal segment of the to ...
s of wasp
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. ...
s.
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 __NOTOC__
Xenos may refer to:
* Xenos (Greek), a Greek word meaning "stranger" or "alien"
* Xenos (insect), a genus of insects in the order Strepsiptera
* Xenos (graphics chip), a custom graphics processing unit (GPU) designed by ATI, used in the ...
'' Kifune & Maeta, 1985 (Asia)
* '' Xenos colombiensis'' Cook, Mayorga-Ch & Sarmiento, 2020
* '' Xenos dianshuiwengi'' Yang, 1999
* '' Xenos formosanus'' Kifune & Maeta, 1985 (Asia)
* ''Xenos hamiltoni __NOTOC__
Xenos may refer to:
* Xenos (Greek), a Greek word meaning "stranger" or "alien"
* Xenos (insect), a genus of insects in the order Strepsiptera
* Xenos (graphics chip), a custom graphics processing unit (GPU) designed by ATI, used in the ...
'' Kathirithamby & Hughes, 2006 (Central America and Mexico)
* ''Xenos hebraei __NOTOC__
Xenos may refer to:
* Xenos (Greek), a Greek word meaning "stranger" or "alien"
* Xenos (insect), a genus of insects in the order Strepsiptera
* Xenos (graphics chip), a custom graphics processing unit (GPU) designed by ATI, used in the ...
'' Kinzelbach, 1978 (Palearctic)
* ''Xenos hospitus __NOTOC__
Xenos may refer to:
* Xenos (Greek), a Greek word meaning "stranger" or "alien"
* Xenos (insect), a genus of insects in the order Strepsiptera
* Xenos (graphics chip), a custom graphics processing unit (GPU) designed by ATI, used in the ...
'' Oliveira & Kogan, 1962 (South America)
* ''Xenos hunteri __NOTOC__
Xenos may refer to:
* Xenos (Greek), a Greek word meaning "stranger" or "alien"
* Xenos (insect), a genus of insects in the order Strepsiptera
* Xenos (graphics chip), a custom graphics processing unit (GPU) designed by ATI, used in the ...
'' (Pierce, 1909) (North America)
* ''Xenos indespectus __NOTOC__
Xenos may refer to:
* Xenos (Greek), a Greek word meaning "stranger" or "alien"
* Xenos (insect), a genus of insects in the order Strepsiptera
* Xenos (graphics chip), a custom graphics processing unit (GPU) designed by ATI, used in the ...
'' Oliveira & Kogan, 1962 (South America)
* ''Xenos iviei __NOTOC__
Xenos may refer to:
* Xenos (Greek), a Greek word meaning "stranger" or "alien"
* Xenos (insect), a genus of insects in the order Strepsiptera
* Xenos (graphics chip), a custom graphics processing unit (GPU) designed by ATI, used in the ...
'' Kifune, 1983
* ''Xenos kifunei __NOTOC__
Xenos may refer to:
* Xenos (Greek), a Greek word meaning "stranger" or "alien"
* Xenos (insect), a genus of insects in the order Strepsiptera
* Xenos (graphics chip), a custom graphics processing unit (GPU) designed by ATI, used in the ...
'' Cook & Mathison, 1997 (North America)
* ''Xenos moutoni __NOTOC__
Xenos may refer to:
* Xenos (Greek), a Greek word meaning "stranger" or "alien"
* Xenos (insect), a genus of insects in the order Strepsiptera
* Xenos (graphics chip), a custom graphics processing unit (GPU) designed by ATI, used in the ...
'' Buysson, 1903 (Southern Asia and temperate Asia)
* ''Xenos niger __NOTOC__
Xenos may refer to:
* Xenos (Greek), a Greek word meaning "stranger" or "alien"
* Xenos (insect), a genus of insects in the order Strepsiptera
* Xenos (graphics chip), a custom graphics processing unit (GPU) designed by ATI, used in the ...
'' Pasteels, 1950 (Africa)
* ''Xenos nigrescens __NOTOC__
Xenos may refer to:
* Xenos (Greek), a Greek word meaning "stranger" or "alien"
* Xenos (insect), a genus of insects in the order Strepsiptera
* Xenos (graphics chip), a custom graphics processing unit (GPU) designed by ATI, used in the ...
'' Brues, 1903 (North America and South America)
* '' Xenos oxyodontes'' Nakase & Kato, 2013 (Southern Asia)
* '' Xenos pallidus'' Brues, 1903 (North America)
* '' Xenos peckii'' Kirby, 1813
* '' Xenos peruensis'' Kifune, 1979 (South America)
* '' Xenos provesparum'' Kifune, 1986 (Southern Asia and tropical Asia)
* '' Xenos ropalidiae'' (Kinzelbach, 1975)
* '' Xenos rostratus'' Trois, 1984 (South America)
* '' Xenos rubiginosi'' (Pierce, 1909) (North America)
* '' Xenos stuckenbergi'' Pasteels, 1956 (Africa)
* ''Xenos vesparum
Xenos vesparum is a parasitic insect species of the order Strepsiptera that are endoparasites of paper wasps in the genus Polistes (most commonly ''Polistes dominula)'' that was first described in 1793. Like other members of this family, ''X. ve ...
'' (Rossi, 1793) (Palearctic and Africa)
* '' Xenos yamaneorum'' Kifune & Maeta, 1985 (Asia)
* '' Xenos yangi'' Dong, Liu & Li, 2022
* '' Xenos zavattarii'' (Pierce, 1911) (Africa)
References
Strepsiptera Endoparasites Insect genera Taxa named by Pietro Rossi Parasites of Hymenoptera {{Parasite-insect-stub