Xenidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Stylopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Strepsiptera Subordo: Stylopidia Superfamilia: Stylopoidea

Familia: Xenidae
Genera (13): Brasixenos – Deltoxenos – Eupathocera – Leionotoxenos – Nipponoxenos – Macroxenos – Paragioxenos – Paraxenos – Pseudoxenos – Sphecixenos – Tachytixenos – Tuberoxenos – Xenos

Name

Xenidae Saunders, 1872

References

Primary references

• Saunders, S.S. 1872. Stylopidarum, ordinem Strepsipterorum Kirbii constituentium, mihi tamen potius Coleopterorum Familiae, Rhipiphoridis Meloïdisque propinquae, Monographia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1872: 1–48. BHL.

Additional references

• Benda, D., Pohl, H., Beutel, R. & Straka, J. 2025. Four new species underline the hidden diversity and long-range dispersal in Deltoxenos Benda, Pohl, Nakase, Beutel & Straka (Strepsiptera, Xenidae). ZooKeys 1254: 75–106. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1254.160903 Reference page. 
• Benda, D., Pohl, H., Nakase, Y., Beutel, R. & Straka, J. 2022. A generic classification of Xenidae (Strepsiptera) based on the morphology of the female cephalothorax and male cephalotheca with a preliminary checklist of species. ZooKeys 1093ː 1–134. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1093.72339 Reference page. 
• Cook, J.L. 2019. Annotated catalog of the order Strepsiptera of the World. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 145(2): 121–267. DOI: 10.3157/061.145.0202 . PDF. Reference page.