Mengenillidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Strepsiptera.[1] 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.[2] Members of the family with known hosts (Eoxenos and Mengenilla) parasitise members of the family Lepismatidae (silverfish and kin).[3]
| Mengenillidae | |
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| Male (top) and female (bottom) of Mengenilla moldrzyki | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Strepsiptera |
| Family: | Mengenillidae Hofeneder, 1910 |
| Genera | |
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Genera
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- Ceanocholax
- Congoxenos Kinzelbach, 1972
- Eoxenos Peyerimhoff, 1919
- Mengenilla Hofeneder, 1910
- Trilineatoxenos de Carvalho, 2007
- Yemengenilla Luna de Carvalho, 1992
References
edit- ^ a b "Mengenillidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ Pohl, Hans; Niehuis, Oliver; Gloyna, Kai; Misof, Bernhard; Beutel, Rolf (2012-05-30). "A new species of Mengenilla (Insecta, Strepsiptera) from Tunisia". ZooKeys (198): 79–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.198.2334. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3368257. PMID 22707907.
- ^ Kathirithamby, Jeyaraney (2018-05-23), "Biodiversity of Strepsiptera", Insect Biodiversity, Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 673–704, doi:10.1002/9781118945582.ch22, ISBN 978-1-118-94558-2, retrieved 2022-09-19