Xenidae

{{Short description|Family of insects}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Xenos peckii - inat 29941115.jpg | image_caption = ''Xenos peckii'' pupae on a paper wasp (New York) | taxon = Xenidae | authority = Saunders, 1872 }}

'''Xenidae''' is a family of twisted-winged insects in the order Strepsiptera. There are about 13 genera and more than 120 described species in Xenidae.<ref name=Benda2022/><ref name=Salt1929/>

==Genera== These 13 genera belong to the family Xenidae: {{Div col|colwidth=22em}} * ''Brasixenos'' Kogan & Oliveira, 1966 * ''Deltoxenos'' Benda et al, 2022 * ''Eupathocera'' Pierce, 1908 * ''Leionotoxenos'' Pierce, 1909 * ''Macroxenos'' Schultze, 1925 * ''Nipponoxenos'' (Kifune & Maeta, 1975) * ''Paragioxenos'' Ogloblin, 1923 * ''Paraxenos'' Saunders, 1872 * ''Pseudoxenos'' Saunders, 1872 * ''Sphecixenos'' Benda et al, 2022 * ''Tachytixenos'' Pierce, 1911 * ''Tuberoxenos'' Benda et al, 2022 * ''Xenos'' Rossi, 1793 {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=Benda2022> {{Cite journal | title = A generic classification of Xenidae (Strepsiptera) based on the morphology of the female cephalothorax and male cephalotheca with a preliminary checklist of species | date = 2022 | last1 = Benda | first1 = D | last2 = Pohl | first2 = H | last3 = Nakase | first3 = Y | last4 = Beutel | first4 = R | last5 = Straka | first5 = J | display-authors = 3 | journal = ZooKeys | issue = 1093 | pages = 1–134 | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.1093.72339 | doi-access = free | pmid = 35586542 | pmc = 9010403 | bibcode = 2022ZooK.1093....1B }}</ref>

<ref name=Salt1929> {{Cite journal | title = Stylopized Vespidae | journal = Psyche: A Journal of Entomology | volume = 36| issue = 3 | date = 1929 | last1 = Salt | first1 = George | last2 = Bequaert | first2 = Joseph | pages = 249–282 | doi = 10.1155/1929/78563| doi-access = free }}</ref> }}

Category:Strepsiptera