WoRMS taxon details
Strepsiptera
- Family Bahiaxenidae Bravo, Pohl, Silva-Neto & Beutel, 2009
- Family Bohartillidae Kinzelbach, 1969
- Family Corioxenidae Kinzelbach, 1970
- Family Cretostylopidae Kathirithamby & Engel, 2014 †
- Family Dioxoceridae Pierce, 1908
- Family Elenchidae Perkins, 1905
- Family Halictophagidae Perkins, 1905
- Family Hylechthridae Pierce, 1908
- Family Lychnocolacidae Kathirithamby & Engel, 2014
- Family Mengeidae Pierce, 1908 †
- Family Mengenillidae Hofeneder, 1910
- Family Myrmecolacidae Saunders, 1872
- Family Phthanoxenidae Engel & Huang, 2016 †
- Family Protoxenidae Pohl, Beutel & Kinzelbach, 2005 †
- Family Stylopidae Kirby, 1813
- Family Xenidae Saunders, 1872
- Superfamily Elenchoidea Pierce, 1908 accepted as Elenchidae Perkins, 1905
- Superfamily Halictophagoidea Pierce, 1908 accepted as Halictophagidae Perkins, 1905
- Family Kinzelbachillidae Pohl & Beutel, 2016 † accepted as Phthanoxenidae Engel & Huang, 2016 †
- Superfamily Mengeoidea Pierce, 1908 accepted as Mengeidae Pierce, 1908 †
- Superfamily Xenoidea Pierce, 1908 accepted as Xenidae Saunders, 1872
Kirby, W. (1813). VI. Strepsiptera, a new order of insects proposed: and the characters of the order, with those of its genera laid down. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 11: 86-123. [details]
Kathirithamby, J. (2025). World Strepsiptera Database. Strepsiptera. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1482264 on 2025-10-12
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Kirby, W. (1813). VI. Strepsiptera, a new order of insects proposed: and the characters of the order, with those of its genera laid down. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 11: 86-123. [details]
