Lychnocolax Bohart 1951 (twisted-winged parasite)

Insecta - Strepsiptera - Myrmecolacidae

Full reference: R. M. Bohart. 1951. The Myrmecolacidae of the Philippines (Streptiptera). Wasmann Journal of Biology 9:83-103

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

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

Subtaxa: Lychnocolax legneri

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Ecology:

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

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