Xenos

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Strepsiptera
Subordo: Stylopidia
Superfamilia: Stylopoidea
Familia: Xenidae
Genus: Xenos
Subgenera: X. (Nipponoxenos) – X. (Xenos)
Species:

Xenos acinctus (Kogan & Oliveira, 1966)
Xenos afer Pasteels, 1950
Xenos americanus (Brèthes, 1923)
Xenos araujoi Oliveira & Kogan, 1962
Xenos argentinus Brèthes, 1923
Xenos bahiensis (Kogan & Oliveira, 1966)
Xenos boharti Hofmann, 1965
Xenos bohlsi Hoffmann, 1914
Xenos bonairensis Brèthes, 1923
Xenos bonariensis Brèthes, 1923
Xenos brasiliensis (Kogan & Oliveira, 1966)
Xenos circularis Kifune & Maeta, 1985
Xenos fluminensis (Kogan & Oliveira, 1966)
Xenos formosanus Kifune & Maeta, 1985
Xenos formosanus Kifune & Maeta, 1985
Xenos fromosanus Kifune & Maeta, 1985
Xenos hamiltoni Kathirithamby & Hughes, 2006
Xenos hebraei Kinzelbach, 1978
Xenos hospitus Oliveira & Kogan, 1962
Xenos hunteri (Pierce, 1909)
Xenos indespectus Oliveira & Kogan, 1962
Xenos iviei Kifune, 1983
Xenos kifunei Cook & Mathison, 1997
Xenos minor Kinzelbach, 1971
Xenos moutoni (du Buysson, 1903)
Xenos myrapetrus (Trois, 1988)
Xenos niger Pasteels, 1950
Xenos nigrescens Brues, 1903
Xenos occidentalis (Kogan & Oliveira, 1966)
Xenos oxyodontes Nakase & Kato, 2013
Xenos pallidus (Brues, 1903)
Xenos pecki Kirby, 1813
Xenos peruensis Kifune, 1979
Xenos provesparum Kifune, 1986
Xenos provesparum Kifune, 1986
Xenos rostratus Trois, 1984
Xenos rubiginosi (Pierce, 1909)
Xenos stuckenbergi Pasteels, 1957
Xenos vesparum Rossius, 1793
Xenos vespularum Kifune & Maeta, 1975
Xenos yamaneorum Kifune & Maeta, 1985
Xenos zavattarii (Pierce, 1911)
Xenos zikani (Kogan & Oliveira, 1966)
Name

Xenos Rossi, 1794
References

Kathirithamby, J. & Hughes, D.P. 2006. Description and biological notes of the first species of Xenos (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae) parasitic in Polistes carnifex F. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Mexico. Zootaxa 1104: 35–45. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
Kifune, T. & Maeta. Y. 1985. Taxonomical Studies on the Genus: Xenos (Strepsiptera, Stylopidae) Parasitic on Vespa and Polistes (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) of Taiwan with Descriptions of Three New Species : Notulae Strepsipterologicae XIV. Japanese journal of entomology 53 (3): 426–435. Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page.

Xenos is a genus of insects belonging to the family Stylopidae. The word derives from the Greek word for strange.[1] A species of the genus is Xenos vesparum, first described by Pietro Rossi in 1793.[2][3] The females are permanent entomophagous endoparasites of Polistes paper wasps. They dwell their whole lives in the abdomens of wasps.

References

Craig, John (1859). "A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing dictionary of the English language". Routledge. p. 1090.
R. Dallai; L. Beani; J. Kathirithamby; P. Lupetti & B. A. Afzelius (2003), "New findings on sperm ultrastructure of Xenos vesparum (Rossi) (Strepsiptera, Insecta)", Tissue and Cell, 35 (1): 19–27, doi:10.1016/S0040-8166(02)00099-X, PMID 12589726
Fabiola Giusti; Luigi Dallai; Laura Beani; Fabio Manfredini & Romano Dallai (2007), "The midgut ultrastructure of the endoparasite Xenos vesparum (Rossi) (Insecta, Strepsiptera) during post-embryonic development and stable carbon isotopic analyses of the nutrient uptake", Arthropod Structure & Development, 36 (2): 183–197, doi:10.1016/j.asd.2007.01.001, PMID 18089098