Mengenillidae

Mengenillidae
Male (top) and female (bottom) of Mengenilla moldrzyki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Strepsiptera
Family: Mengenillidae
Hofeneder, 1910
Genera

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Mengenillidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Strepsiptera. The Bahiaxenidae are sister to all other Strepsipteran lineages; within that group, the Megenillidae are sister to all remaining lineages. Unlike members of Stylopidia, which contains the vast majority of strepsipterans, the adult females of the family are free-living with legs. Members of the family with known hosts (Eoxenos and Mengenilla) parasitise members of the family Lepismatidae (silverfish and kin).

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