Stylopidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Strepsiptera
Subordo: Stylopidia
Superfamilia: Stylopoidea

Familia: Stylopidae
Genera (9): Crawfordia - Eurystylops - Halictoxenos - Hylecthrus - Melittostylops - Pseudoxenos - Rozenia – Stylops - Xenos
References

Fox, J.W.; Fox, R.M. 1964: A new genus and species of Stylopidae (Strepsiptera) from Liberia, West Africa. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 57: 754–756.
Kogan, M.; Poinar, G., jr. 2010: New fossil Stylops (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae) from Dominican Amber. Neotropical entomology, 39: 227–234. ISSN: 1519-566X DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2010000200013
Özdikmen, H. 2009: Kinzelbachus nom. nov., a new name for the preoccupied stylopid genus Ulrichia Kinzelbach, 1971 (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae). Munis entomology & zoology, 4: 609–610. PDF

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]

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

"Stylopidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
"Stylopidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
"Family Stylopidae information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
Salt, George; Bequaert, Joseph (1929). "Stylopized Vespidae". 36 (3). doi:10.1155/1929/78563.
"Stylopidia Host Relationships". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
R. Kulicka. 2001. New genera and species of Strepsiptera from the Baltic amber. Prace Muzeum Ziemi 46:3-16