# Xenidae

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{{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](/source/Sidney_Smith_Saunders), 1872
}}

'''Xenidae''' is a family of twisted-winged insects in the order [Strepsiptera](/source/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:
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* ''[Brasixenos](/source/Brasixenos)'' <small>Kogan & Oliveira, 1966</small>
* ''[Deltoxenos](/source/Deltoxenos)'' <small>Benda et al, 2022</small>
* ''[Eupathocera](/source/Eupathocera)'' <small>Pierce, 1908</small>
* ''[Leionotoxenos](/source/Leionotoxenos)'' <small>Pierce, 1909</small>
* ''[Macroxenos](/source/Macroxenos)'' <small>Schultze, 1925</small>
* ''[Nipponoxenos](/source/Nipponoxenos)'' <small>(Kifune & Maeta, 1975)</small>
* ''[Paragioxenos](/source/Paragioxenos)'' <small>Ogloblin, 1923</small>
* ''[Paraxenos](/source/Paraxenos)'' <small>Saunders, 1872</small>
* ''[Pseudoxenos](/source/Pseudoxenos)'' <small>Saunders, 1872</small>
* ''[Sphecixenos](/source/Sphecixenos)'' <small>Benda et al, 2022</small>
* ''[Tachytixenos](/source/Tachytixenos)'' <small>Pierce, 1911</small>
* ''[Tuberoxenos](/source/Tuberoxenos)'' <small>Benda et al, 2022</small>
* ''[Xenos](/source/Xenos_(insect))'' <small>Rossi, 1793</small>
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==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>
}}

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Category:Strepsiptera

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