| Mengenillidae | |
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| Male (top) and female (bottom) of Mengenilla moldrzyki | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Strepsiptera |
| Family: | Mengenillidae Hofeneder, 1910 |
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Mengenillidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Strepsiptera. 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. Members of the family with known hosts (Eoxenos and Mengenilla) parasitise members of the family Lepismatidae (silverfish and kin).
Genera
After
- Ceanocholax
- Congoxenos Kinzelbach, 1972
- Eoxenos Peyerimhoff, 1919
- Mengenilla Hofeneder, 1910
- Trilineatoxenos de Carvalho, 2007
- Yemengenilla Luna de Carvalho, 1992
References
- ^ "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
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| Mengenillidae | |