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Paraxenos
Paraxenos is a genus of insects in the family Xenidae (Order: Strepsiptera) with 14 species. The genus Paraxenos is defined as having males with four antennal segments, a thin sclerotized prementum separate from the mouthfield sclerites, a relatively wide postfrons not separated from the vertex plates, and a hindwing with a CuP vein.. All known Paraxenos species parasitize wasps in the family Bembicidae. The type species is Paraxenos erberi.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Paraxenos hungaricus
speciesParaxenos hungaricus
Paraxenos australiensis
speciesParaxenos australiensis
Paraxenos beaumonti
speciesParaxenos beaumonti
Paraxenos biroi
speciesParaxenos biroi
Paraxenos hofenederi
speciesParaxenos hofenederi
Paraxenos hofenederianus
speciesParaxenos hofenederianus
Paraxenos krombeini
speciesParaxenos krombeini
Paraxenos novaeguineae
speciesParaxenos novaeguineae
Paraxenos occidentalis
speciesParaxenos occidentalis
Paraxenos polli
speciesParaxenos polli
Paraxenos rieki
speciesParaxenos rieki
Paraxenos erberi
speciesParaxenos erberi
Paraxenos nagatomii
speciesParaxenos nagatomii
Where it lives
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 564160.