†family Protoxenidae Pohl et al. 2005 (twisted-winged parasite)
Insecta - Strepsiptera - Protoxenidae
Full reference: H. Pohl, R. G. Beutel, and R. Kinzelbach. 2005. Protoxenidae fam. nov. (Insecta, Strepsiptera) from Baltic amber — a 'missing link' in strepsipteran phylogeny. Zoologica Scripta 34(1):57-69
Parent taxon: Strepsiptera according to M. S. Engel 2016
See also Kathirithamby and Engel 2014 and Pohl et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Cretostylopidae, Eteostrepsiptera, Mengenilliformia, Mengenilloidea, Mengeoidea, Phthanoxenidae
Subtaxa: Protoxenos
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (HLMD coll) (Eocene of Russian Federation)