Elenchidae (lat.) - a family of winged insects from the order Strepsiptera . About 30 species [1] .
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Description
Meet everywhere . Cephalothorax of females with a reduced thoracic section. Antennae of males 4-segmented (flagellum in the fourth segment). Mandibles and maxillae developed. Paws of males 2-segmented. Parasites on homoptera ( Homoptera : Delphacidae , Eurybrachidae , Fulgoridae , Ricaniidae , Flatidae and Dictyopharidae ). The group is close to the Halictophagidae family [1] [2] .
Systematics
There are 4 modern genera and about 30 species. The fossil genus Protelencholax is known, found in Dominican amber ( Oligocene ) [1] [3] .
- Colacina Westwood, 1877 - 1 species ( Colacina insidiator , Borneo ) [4]
- Deinelenchus Perkins, 1905 - 6 species [5] [6]
- Elencholax Kinzelbach, 1971 - 2 species [7]
- Elenchus Curtis, 1831 - about 20 species
- † Protelencholax Kinzelbach, 1979 ( Protelencholax schleei Kinzelbach, 1979) [8]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Kathirithamby, J. Review of the order Strepsiptera // Systematic Entomology : Journal. - United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1989. - Vol. 14. - P. 41-92. - ISSN 0307-6970 .
- ↑ Kathirithamby, J. Host-parasitoid associations in Strepsiptera (Eng.) // Annual Review of Entomology : Journal. - USA , New York : Annual Reviews, 2009. - Vol. 54. - P. 227-249. - ISSN 0066-4170 .
- ↑ Kathirithamby J. Strepsiptera . Biology Catalog . insects.tamu.edu (2007). Date of treatment February 2, 2014. Archived on August 13, 2014.
- ↑ Westwood JO 1877 - IX. Notes upon a strepsipterous insect parasitic on exotic species of Homoptera. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 3: 185-186 [185].
- ↑ Perkins RCL 1905 - Leafhoppers and their natural enemies (Pt. III Stylopidae). Report of Work of the Experimental Station, Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association 1: 91-109 [107].
- ↑ Kathirithamby J. 1993 - Descriptions of Strepsiptera (Insecta) from Southeast Asia, with a checklist of the genera and species occurring in the region. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 41: 173-201 [190].
- ↑ Kinzelbach RK 1971 - Morphologische Befunde an Fächerflüglern und ihre phylogenetische Bedeutung (Insecta, Strepsiptera). 119: 256 pp. [156] Zoologica, Stuttgart (Germany).
- ↑ Kinzelbach RK 1979 - Das erste neotropische Fossil der Fächerflügler (Stuttgarter Bernsteinsammlung: Insecta, Strepsiptera). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 52: 1-14.
Literature
- Kathirithamby J. Descriptions and biological notes of the Australian Elenchidae (Strepsiptera) // Invertebrate Taxonomy. - 1989. - Vol. 3 (2). - P. 175-195.
- Pohl, H., Beutel, RG The phylogeny of Strepsiptera (Hexapoda) // Cladistics. - 2005. - Vol. 21. - P. 328–374.
- Pohl, H., Beutel, RG The evolution of Strepsiptera (Hexapoda) // Zoology. - 2008 .-- Vol. 111. - P. 318–338.
Links
- Strepsiptera on the Life Encyclopedia eol.org (Retrieved January 31, 2014)
- Strepsiptera Kirby, 1813 on Biolib.cz (English) (Retrieved January 31, 2014)
- Kathirithamby, Jeyaraney. 2002. Strepsiptera. Twisted-wing parasites . The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
- Kathirithamby J. Strepsiptera Families .