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Stylopidae
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Stylopidae

Stylopidae is a family of parasitic insects in the order Strepsiptera containing more than 250 species. Host insects of this family that are afflicted are referred to as being "stylopized".

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8 branches of this family, most-observed first

Stylops

genusStylops

Halictoxenos

genusHalictoxenos

Eurystylops

genusEurystylops

Hylecthrus

genusHylecthrus

Chrysostylops

genusChrysostylops

Parastylops

genusParastylops

Afrostylops

genusAfrostylops

Ulrichia

genusUlrichia

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 143219.