†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

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (HLMD coll) (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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