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Strepsiptera
Sign in to saveStrepsiptera (), from Ancient Greek στρέψις (strépsis), meaning "turning around", and πτερόν (pterón), meaning "wing", 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. They are believed to
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Strepsiptera is an order of insects within the class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon, named after halteres, was described by Kirby in 1813 and is classified under the parent taxa Coleopterida and Holometabola. It has been present for about 125 million years. The order comprises 10 families and approximately 600 species, commonly referred to as 捻翅蟲 or 𧎥.
While early larvae and adult males can live freely, most individuals are parasitic on other insects, including bees, wasps, leafhoppers, wood-boring beetles, and cockroaches. The taxon is listed as accepted in the World Register of Marine Species. Records exist in the United States, Sweden, and the Philippines, with specimens held by institutions such as YPM, UAM, SDNHM, NRM, and LACM.
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Strepsiptera
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderStrepsiptera
捻翅目（Strepsiptera），亦作撚翅目或𧎥目，是昆蟲綱下的一目，通稱為捻翅蟲或𧎥，有10个科约600种昆虫。早期幼虫和成年雄虫可自由生活，大多時候寄生于其他昆虫，如蜜蜂、黄蜂、叶蝉、蠹虫和蟑螂等。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 356
- With media
- 13
- Collections
- YPM, UAM, SDNHM, NRM, LACM
- Recorded in
- United States, Sweden, Philippines
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Biology
- Appearance and structure
- Males
- Females
- Larvae
- Life cycle
- Parasitism
- Taxonomy
- Families
- Cladogram
- Relationship with humans
- See also
- References
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Strepsiptera (), from Ancient Greek στρέψις (strépsis), meaning "turning around", and πτερόν (pterón), meaning "wing", 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. They are believed to be most closely related to beetles, from which they diverged 300–350 million years ago, but do not appear in the fossil record until the mid-Cretaceous around 100 million years ago.
The order is not well known to non-specialists, and the nearest they have to a common name is stylops, in reference to the genus Stylops. The name of the order translates to "twisted wing", giving rise to other common names used for the order, twisted-wing insects and twisted-winged parasites.
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