''Halictoxenos'' is a genus of
insects
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of j ...
belonging to the family
Stylopidae
Stylopidae is a family of twisted-winged insects in the order Strepsiptera. There are about 15 genera and more than 330 described species in Stylopidae.
Members of Stylopidae are parasitic insects. Host insects of this family that are afflicted ...
.
The genus was
first described by Pierce in 1908.
The species of this genus are found in
Eurasia
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and
Northern America
Northern America is the northernmost subregion of North America. The boundaries may be drawn slightly differently. In one definition, it lies directly north of Middle America (including the Caribbean and Central America).Gonzalez, Joseph. 20 ...
.
Species:
* ''
Halictoxenos borealis''
* ''
Halictoxenos spencei''
* ''
Halictoxenos tumulorum''
References
Strepsiptera
Insect genera
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