Myrmecolax Westwood 1861 (twisted-winged parasite)

Insecta - Strepsiptera - Myrmecolacidae

Parent taxon: Myrmecolacidae according to M. Kogan and G. O. Poinar 2019

See also Carpenter 1992, Engel and Huang 2016, Kathirithamby and Grimaldi 1993, Kinzelbach 1983 and Kinzelbach and Pohl 1994

Sister taxa: Caenocholax, Kronomyrmecolax, Lychnocolax, Palaeomyrmecolax, Stichotrema

Subtaxa: Myrmecolax glaesi Myrmecolax hageni Myrmecolax huffakeri

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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