Family Myrmecolacidae Saunders 1872 (twisted-winged parasite)
Insecta - Strepsiptera - Myrmecolacidae
Parent taxon: Stylopoidea according to M. S. Engel 2016
See also Carpenter 1992, Kathirithamby and Engel 2014, Kinzelbach 1990, Kinzelbach and Lutz 1985, Kinzelbach and Pohl 1994 and Pohl and Beutel 2005
Sister taxon: Hymenophagida
Subtaxa: Caenocholax Kronomyrmecolax Lychnocolax Myrmecolax Palaeomyrmecolax Stichotrema
Type: Myrmecolax
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (6)
• Eocene of China (1), Germany (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), United States (2: Colorado)
Total: 17 collections including 35 occurrences