Family Elenchidae Perkins 1905 (twisted-winged parasite)
Insecta - Strepsiptera - Elenchidae
Parent taxon: Stylopiformia according to M. S. Engel 2016
See also Carpenter 1992, Kathirithamby and Engel 2014, Kinzelbach 1990, Kinzelbach and Pohl 1994 and Pohl and Beutel 2005
Sister taxa: Bohartillidae, Bohartilloidea, Protelencholacidae, Stylopoidea
Subtaxa: Elencholax Elenchus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)