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Strepsiptera (twisted-winged parasite)

Insecta - Strepsiptera

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1813Strepsiptera Kirby
1908Mengeoidea Pierce
1910Mengenilloidea Hofeneder
1971Mengenilliformia Kinzelbach
1990Mengenilliformia Kinzelbach p. 301
1990Mengenilloidea Kinzelbach p. 301
1990Mengeoidea Kinzelbach p. 301
1992Strepsiptera Carpenter
1994Mengenilliformia Kinzelbach and Pohl
1994Mengenilloidea Kinzelbach and Pohl
1994Mengeoidea Kinzelbach and Pohl
2004Strepsiptera Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence
2005Strepsiptera Pohl et al.
2011Strepsiptera Beutel et al.
2014Strepsiptera Misof et al.
2014Strepsiptera Peters et al.
2022Strepsiptera Engel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderStrepsipteraKirby 1813
orderStrepsipteraKirby 1813

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Strepsiptera Kirby 1813 [twisted-winged parasite]
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Fm. †Cretostylopidae Kathirithamby and Engel 2014
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G. †Cretostylops Grimaldi and Kathirithamby 2005
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Cretostylops engeli Grimaldi and Kathirithamby 2005
Unr. Eteostrepsiptera Engel 2016
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Fm. †Mengeidae Pierce 1907
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G. †Mengea Grote 1886
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Mengea mengei Kulicka 1979
Mengea tertiaria Menge 1866
Invalid names: Triaena Menge 1866 [replaced]
Subor. Neostrepsiptera Engel 2016
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Infraor. Eustrepsiptera Engel 2016
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Unr. Mengenillidia Kinzelbach 1969
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Invalid names: Mengenillidae Kinzelbach 1970 [empty]
Unr. Stylopidia Kinzelbach 1969
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Unr. Corioxeniformia Kinzelbach 1990
G. †Pseudococcites Haupt 1950
Unr. Stylopiformia Kinzelbach 1971
Fm. †Phthanoxenidae Engel and Huang 2016
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G. †Heterobathmilla Pohl and Beutel 2020
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Heterobathmilla kakopoios Pohl and Beutel 2020
G. †Kinzelbachilla Pohl and Beutel 2016
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Kinzelbachilla ellenbergeri Pohl and Beutel 2016
G. †Phthanoxenos Engel and Huang 2016
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Phthanoxenos nervosus Engel and Huang 2016
Invalid names: Kinzelbachillidae Pohl and Beutel 2016 [synonym]
Fm. †Protoxenidae Pohl et al. 2005
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G. †Protoxenos Pohl et al. 2005
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Protoxenos janzeni Pohl et al. 2005
Invalid names: Mengenilliformia Kinzelbach 1971 [invalid subgroup], Mengenilloidea Hofeneder 1910 [invalid subgroup], Mengeoidea Pierce 1908 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Holocene or 105.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 99.6 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France (Poitou-Charentes) Strepsiptera indet. (99114)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Cretostylops engeli (111688) Heterobathmilla kakopoios (184444) Kinzelbachilla ellenbergeri (153583) Phthanoxenos nervosus (161726) Strepsiptera indet. (178121)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Colorado) Caenocholax palusaxus (182249)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8China (Liaoning) Kronomyrmecolax fushunicus (125934)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Stichotrema sp. (120798)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Pseudococcites eocaenicus (155693)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Colorado) Caenocholax barkleyi (182250)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Mengea sp. (201682) Mengea tertiaria (120812 120814 120815 123927) Myrmecolacidae indet., Protoxenos janzeni (124580) Stichotrema triangulum (124201) Stichotrema weitschati (123760) Stichotrema weitschati, Caenocholax groehni (110735) Stylops neotropicallis, Palaeomyrmecolax succineus (125139)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Mengea tertiaria (123438) Mengea tertiaria, Palaeomyrmecolax succineus, Palaeomyrmecolax giecewiczi, Palaeomyrmecolax gracilis, Jantarostylops kinzelbachi, Mengea mengei (120813) Triaena tertiaria (120811)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Eocenoxenos palintropos (123930)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Caenocholax sp., Caenocholax dominicensis, Caenocholax brodzinskyi, Elencholax clauseni, Caenocholax debachi, Caenocholax flandersi, Caenocholax mcmurtryi, Stichotrema schlingeri, Stichotrema doutti, Stichotrema vandenboschi, Myrmecolax huffakeri, Myrmecolax hageni, Lychnocolax legneri, Cryptelencholax poinari (122472) Myrmecolax glaesi, Bohartilla joachimscheveni (120817) Myrmecolax glaesi, Bohartilla kinzelbachi, Bohartilla megalognatha, Caenocholax dominicensis, Caenocholax brodzinskyi (122982) Protelencholax schleei (122474) Stichotrema beckeri (146557 160250) Stichotrema dominicanum, Bohartilla joachimscheveni, Stichotrema beckeri (124846)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Caenocholax comperei (140259)