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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

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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