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Myrmecolacidae
Sign in to saveMyrmecolacidae is an insect family of the order Strepsiptera. There are four genera and about 98 species in this family. Like all strepsipterans, they have a parasitic mode of development with males parasitizing ants while the females develop inside Orthoptera. The sexes differ greatly in morphology making it very difficult to match females to the better catalogued museum specimens of males.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderStrepsiptera
- FamilyMyrmecolacidae
Myrmecolax nietneri Myrmecolacidae (лат.) — семейство веерокрылых насекомых из отряда Strepsiptera с уникальной дуальной природой паразитирования разных полов (самцы паразитируют на муравьях, а самки на прямокрылых и богомолах). Около 100 видов.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- Family
- Myrmecolacidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, WAM
- Recorded in
- Dominican Republic, Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Myrmecolacidae is an insect family of the order Strepsiptera. There are four genera and about 98 species in this family. Like all strepsipterans, they have a parasitic mode of development with males parasitizing ants while the females develop inside Orthoptera. The sexes differ greatly in morphology making it very difficult to match females to the better catalogued museum specimens of males.
==Genera== Caenocholax Pierce, 1909 Lychnocolax Myrmecolax Stichotrema Hofeneder, 1910
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