Order Strepsiptera

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Strepsiptera (male thorax abdomen)
Male
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Strepsiptera (female)
cephalothorax
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Strepsiptera (biology/ecology)
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Strepsiptera (biology/ecology)
male emerging from host
male mating with embedded female
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Strepsiptera (biology/ecology)
female cephalothorax
emerging 1st instar larvae
host
brood canal
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Strepsiptera (fauna)

• World Fauna
• 8 families
• 550 species
• North American Fauna
• 5 families
• Corioxenidae
• Elenchidae
• Halictophagidae
• Myrmecolacidae
• Stylopidae
• ca. 90 species

know only Stylopidae for class
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FINIS
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