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.[1][2][3]

Stylopidae
Temporal range: Priabonian–Recent
Stylops childreni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Strepsiptera
Family: Stylopidae
Kirby, 1813
Synonyms[1]
  • Hylecthridae Pierce, 1908

Members of Stylopidae are parasitic insects. Host insects of this family that are afflicted are referred to as being "stylopized".[4]

Stylopidae are associated primarily with wasps and bees[3] but are known to also use members of Blattodea, Mantodea, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Diptera, and other Hymenoptera as hosts. Stylopized hosts often display a variety of physical and behavioral changes.[5]

Genera
  • Crawfordia Pierce, 1908
  • Eurystylops Bohart, 1943
  • Halictoxenos Pierce, 1908
  • Hylecthrus Saunders, 1850
  • Melittostylops Kinzelbach, 1971
  • Pseudoxenos Saunders, 1872
  • Stylops Kirby, 1802
  • Xenos Rossi, 1793
  • †Jantarostylops Kulicka, 2001 (Baltic amber, Priabonian)[6]

References
  1. "Stylopidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  2. "Stylopidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  3. Salt, George; Bequaert, Joseph (1929). "Stylopized Vespidae". 36 (3). doi:10.1155/1929/78563. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Stylopidia Host Relationships". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  5. R. Kulicka. 2001. New genera and species of Strepsiptera from the Baltic amber. Prace Muzeum Ziemi 46:3-16


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