Xenidae

Xenidae
Xenos peckii pupae on a paper wasp (New York)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Strepsiptera
Suborder:	Stylopidia
Family:	Xenidae Saunders, 1872

Xenidae is a family of twisted-winged insects in the order Strepsiptera. There are about 13 genera and more than 120 described species in Xenidae. ^{[1] [2]}

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

1. Benda, D; Pohl, H; Nakase, Y; et al. (2022). "A generic classification of Xenidae (Strepsiptera) based on the morphology of the female cephalothorax and male cephalotheca with a preliminary checklist of species". ZooKeys (1093): 1–134. Bibcode:2022ZooK.1093....1B. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1093.72339 . PMC   9010403 . PMID   35586542.
2. Salt, George; Bequaert, Joseph (1929). "Stylopized Vespidae". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 36 (3): 249–282. doi: 10.1155/1929/78563 .