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Strepsiptera
The Strepsiptera () are an order of insects with eleven extant families that include about 600 described species. They are endoparasites of other insects, such as bees, wasps, leafhoppers, Zygentoma, 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, in reference to the genus ''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 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stylopidae
Stylopidae is a family in the order Strepsiptera. There are about 15 genera and more than 330 described species in Stylopidae. All Strepsiptera, including all members of Stylopidae are parasitic insects. Host insects of this family that are afflicted are referred to as being "stylopized". Stylopidae (not to be confused with the clade Stylopidia) are strictly parasites of bees . However, other strepsipteran families such as Corioxenidae, Elenchidae, Halictophagidae, Myrmecolacidae, and Xenidae are known to use members of Blattodea, Mantodea, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Diptera, and other Hymenoptera as hosts. Stylopized hosts sometimes display a variety of physical and behavioral changes. Life cycle As with others in the order Strepsiptera, Stylopidae larvae called triungulins, or more properly, planidia, enter their host and develop inside it. Females will remain inside the host. When females are ready to breed, they will push their head and brood canal opening, which is located j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callipharixenidae
Halictophagidae are an insect family of the order Strepsiptera The Strepsiptera () are an order of insects with eleven extant families that include about 600 described species. They are endoparasites of other insects, such as bees, wasps, leafhoppers, Zygentoma, silverfish, and cockroaches. Females of most s .... Genera *'' Blattodeaphagus'' Kathirithamby, 1992 *'' Callipharixenos'' Pierce, 1918 *'' Coriophagus'' Kinzelbach, 1971 *'' Dipterophagus'' Drew and Allwood, 1985 *'' Halictophagus'' Curtis, 1831 *'' Membracixenos'' Pierce, 1952 *'' Stenocranophilus'' Pierce, 1914 *'' Tridactylophagus'' Subramaniam, 1932 References Strepsiptera Insect families {{Strepsiptera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrmecolacidae
Myrmecolacidae is an insect Insects (from Latin ') are Hexapoda, hexapod invertebrates of the class (biology), class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (Insect morphology#Head, head, ... family of the order Strepsiptera. There are four genera and about 98 species in this family. Like all strepsipterans, they have a parasitic mode of development with males parasitizing ants while the females develop inside Orthoptera. The sexes differ greatly in morphology making it very difficult to match females to the better catalogued museum specimens of males. Genera *'' Caenocholax'' Pierce, 1909 *'' Lychnocolax'' *'' Myrmecolax'' *'' Stichotrema'' Hofeneder, 1910 References Strepsiptera Insect families Parasites of Hymenoptera {{Strepsiptera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corioxenidae
The Corioxenidae are an insect family of the order Strepsiptera. Species in this family are parasites of Heteroptera, heteropteran bugs including the Pentatomidae, Scutelleridae, Cydnidae, Coreidae, and Lygaeidae. The males lack mandibles. Three subfamilies within this family are recognized. The subfamilies are separated using the morphology of the males, particularly on the basis of the number of tarsi and the presence of tarsal claws. *Corioxeninae Kinzelbach, 1970 **''Corioxenos'' Blair, 1936 **''Floridoxenos'' Kathirithamby and Peck, 1994 **''Loania'' Kinzelbach, 1970 **''Perissozocera'' Johnson, 1976 **''Australoxenos'' Kathirithamby, 1990 **''Blissoxenos'' Miyamoto & Kifune, 1984 **''Malayaxenos'' Kifune, 1981 **''Mufagaa'' Kinzelbach, 1980 **''Viridipromontorius'' Luna de Carvalho, 1985 *Triozocerinae Kinzelbach, 1970 **''Triozocera'' Pierce, 1909 **''Dundoxenos'' Luna de Carvalho, 1956 *Uniclavinae Kathirithamby, 1989 ** ''Uniclavus'' Kathirithamby, 1989 ** '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahiaxenidae
''Bahiaxenos relictus'' is the sole member of the family Bahiaxenidae, a type of winged insect. It was only discovered and described in 2009 from relictual sand dunes associated with the Rio São Francisco in Bahia, Brazil. It is considered to be the most basal living member of the order Strepsiptera, so is the sister taxon In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree. Definition The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram: Taxon A and ... to the remaining extant species. It is known from only a single male specimen, and its biology is unknown. References * Strepsiptera Monotypic insect genera Endemic insects of Brazil {{Strepsiptera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mengenillidae
Mengenillidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Strepsiptera. It is the second most basal member of the order, after Bahiaxenidae. Unlike members of Stylopidia, which contains the vast majority of strepsipterans, the adult females of the family are free-living with legs. Members of the family with known hosts ('' Eoxenos'' and '' Mengenilla'') parasitise members of the family Lepismatidae (silverfish The silverfish (''Lepisma saccharinum'') is a species of small, primitive, wingless insect in the order Zygentoma (formerly Thysanura). Its common name derives from the insect's silvery light grey colour, combined with the fish-like appearanc ... and kin). Genera After * '' Ceanocholax'' * '' Congoxenos'' Kinzelbach, 1972 * '' Eoxenos'' Peyerimhoff, 1919 * '' Mengenilla'' Hofeneder, 1910 * '' Trilineatoxenos'' de Carvalho, 2007 * '' Yemengenilla'' Luna de Carvalho, 1992 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q11777369 Strepsiptera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elenchidae
The Elenchidae are an insect family in the order Strepsiptera. References External links Strepsiptera Insect families Taxa named by Robert Cyril Layton Perkins {{Strepsiptera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stylops
''Stylops'' is a genus of obligately Parasitism, endoparasitic insects in the family Stylopidae. Hosts are typically members of the order Hymenoptera. The name "stylops", used without a capital "s", refers as a common name to any member of the order Strepsiptera, and not only the genus ''Stylops''. Description Males are 2–3 mm long and black with white wings. Females have no limbs and are only seen from their head and Thorax (arthropod anatomy), thorax poking out of the host bee. Larvae are Planidium, triungulin. Life cycle ''Stylops'' larvae emerge from their host bee while the host gathers pollen from flowers. The larvae then attach to other bees in order to be carried back to the nest. At the nest, the ''Stylops'' larvae enter the bodies of bee larvae and develop along with their host. Adult males leave their hosts to mate with females, who remain inside their host and hatch their eggs there. Species Many including: * ''Stylops analis'' Perkins, 1918 * ''Stylops ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insect Wing
Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insect flight, insects to fly. They are found on the second and third Thorax (insect anatomy), thoracic segments (the mesothorax and metathorax), and the two pairs are often referred to as the forewings and hindwings, respectively, though a few insects lack hindwings, even rudiments. The wings are strengthened by a number of longitudinal veins, which often have cross-connections that form closed "cells" in the membrane (extreme examples include the Odonata, dragonflies and Neuroptera, lacewings). The patterns resulting from the fusion and cross-connection of the wing veins are often diagnostic for different evolutionary lineages and can be used for identification to the family (biology), family or even genus level in many order (biology), orders of insects. Physically, some insects move their flight muscles directly, others indirectly. In insects with direct flight, the wing muscles directly attach to the win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of other insects, such as bees, wasps, leafhoppers, Zygentoma, silverfish, and cockroaches. Females of most s .... 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] |
Compound Eye
A compound eye is a Eye, visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. It may consist of thousands of ommatidium, ommatidia, which are tiny independent photoreception units that consist of a cornea, lens (anatomy), lens, and photoreceptor cells which distinguish brightness and color. The image perceived by this arthropod eye is a combination of inputs from the numerous ommatidia, which are oriented to point in slightly different directions. Compared with single-aperture eyes, compound eyes have poor image resolution; however, they possess a very large view angle and the ability to detect fast movement and, in some cases, the Polarization (waves), polarization of light. Because a compound eye is made up of a collection of ommatidia, each with its own lens, light will enter each ommatidium instead of using a single entrance point. The individual light receptors behind each lens are then turned on and off due to a series of changes in the light intensity during mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
