
Stylopidia
The Strepsiptera (/strɛpˈsɪptərə/) are an order of insects with eleven extant families that include about 600 described species. They are endoparasites of other insects, such as bees, wasps, leafhoppers, silverfish, and cockroaches. Females of most species never emerge from the host after entering its body, finally dying inside it. The early-stage larvae do emerge because they must find an unoccupied living host, and the short-lived males must emerge to seek a receptive female in her host....
8 branches of this suborder, most-observed first

Xenidae
familyXenidae

Stylopidae
familyStylopidae

Halictophagidae
familyHalictophagidae

Myrmecolacidae
familyMyrmecolacidae

Corioxenidae
familyCorioxenidae

Elenchidae
familyElenchidae
Bohartillidae
familyBohartillidae
Callipharixenidae
familyCallipharixenidae
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 902761.