| Caenocholax | |
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| Caenocholax fenyesi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Strepsiptera |
| Family: | Myrmecolacidae |
| Genus: | Caenocholax Pierce, 1909 |
Caenocholax is a genus of twisted-winged insects in the family Myrmecolacidae. There are about nine described species in Caenocholax. [1] [2] [3]
These nine species belong to the genus Caenocholax:
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Caenocholax fenyesi is a species of twisted-winged parasitic insects in the order Strepsiptera and family Myrmecolacidae. It has a sporadic distribution throughout North America, Central America, and South America. Chaenochlax brasiliensis is the only other named species in the genus.
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