Xenidae | |
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Xenos peckii pupae on a paper wasp (New York) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Strepsiptera |
Suborder: | Stylopidia |
Family: | Xenidae Saunders, 1872 |
Xenidae is a family of twisted-winged insects in the order Strepsiptera. There are about 13 genera and more than 120 described species in Xenidae.[1][2]