Myrmecolacidae
| Myrmecolacidae | |
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| Caenocholax fenyesi (male) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Strepsiptera |
| Suborder: | Stylopidia |
| Family: | Myrmecolacidae Saunders, 1872 |
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The Myrmecolacidae are an insect family of the order Strepsiptera. Four genera and about 98 species are 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.[1][2]
Genera
- Caenocholax Pierce, 1909
- Lychnocolax
- Myrmecolax
- Stichotrema Hofeneder, 1910
References
- ↑ Halbert, N. R., L. D. Ross, J. Kathirithamby, J. B. Woolley, R. R. Saff & J. S. Johnston (2001). "Phylogenetic analysis as a means of species identification within Myrmecolacidae (Strepsiptera)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 144: 179–186.
- ↑ Kathirithamby J (2000). "Morphology of the female Myrmecolacidae (Strepsiptera) including the apron, and an associated structure analogous to the peritrophic matrix". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128 (3): 269–287. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00164.x.
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