| Caenocholax fenyesi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Strepsiptera |
| Family: | Myrmecolacidae |
| Genus: | Caenocholax |
| Species: | C. fenyesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Caenocholax fenyesi Pierce, 1909
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Caenocholax fenyesi is a species of twisted-winged parasitic insects in the order Strepsiptera and family Myrmecolacidae.[2] It has a sporadic distribution throughout North America, Central America, and South America.[3] Chaenochlax brasiliensis (Oliveira and Kogan 1959) is the only other named species in the genus.[2]
C. fenyesi displays heterotrophic heteronomy, where males and females occupy different hosts.[4][3] Females are endoparasites throughout their lifecycle and parasitize members of Orthoptera, while larval stage males are endoparasites of Solenopsis invicta, the red imported fire ant, and are free-living as adults.[4][2] Males in Arizona, Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America have performed a host switch and parasitize native fire ants closely related to S. invicta.[2] They are highly virulent in their adult hosts, but not in their larval hosts due to a slower growth rate in larval stages.[5]
- ^ "Caenocholax fenyesi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ a b c d Cook, J. L., Vinson, S. B., Gold, R. E. (1998). "Developmental stages of Caenocholax fenyesi Pierce (Strepsiptera : Myrmecolacidae) : Descriptions and significations to the higher taxonomy of Strepsiptera". International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology. 27: 21–26. doi:10.1016/S0020-7322(97)00030-5.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Cook, J. L., Johnston, J. S., Gold, R. E., Vinson, S. B. (1997). "Distribution of Caenocholax fenyesi (Strepsiptera : Myrmecolacidae) and the Habitats Most Likely to Contain Its Stylopized Host, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Environmental Entomology. 26 (6): 1258–1262. doi:10.1093/ee/26.6.1258.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Hayward, A., Mcmahon, D. P., Kathirithamby, J. (2011). "Cryptic diversity and female host specificity in a parasitoid where the sexes utilize hosts from separate orders". Molecular Ecology. 20 (7): 1508–1528. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05010.x. PMID 21382110. S2CID 25161682.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Kathirithamby, J. (2005). "Strepsiptera (Insecta) of Mexico - A Review". Monograph. 12: 103–118.