Myrmecolacidae
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Myrmecolacidae are 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.
Insect
Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...
family of the order Strepsiptera
Strepsiptera
The Strepsiptera are an order of insects with ten families making up about 600 species...
. 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