Strepsiptera
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Strepsiptera, from Ancient Greek στρέψις, meaning "turning around", and πτερόν, meaning "wing", are an order of insects with eleven extant families that include about 600 described species. They are e
Halictophagus schwarzi
Strepsiptera Fem
Free living female of Mengenilla moldrzyki (Mengenillidae)
Male pupa head (top left) and adult female of Xenos yangi (Stylopidia, Xenidae) in ventral view (right) and closeup of the cephalothorax (centre and bottom left)
Parasitism
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Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of li
Strepsiptera
…around", and πτερόν (pterón), meaning "wing", are an order of insects with eleven extant families that include about 600 described species. They are endoparasites of other insects, such as bees, wasps, leafhoppers, silverfish, and cockroaches. Females of most species never emerge from the host after entering its…
A fish parasite, the isopod Cymothoa exigua, replacing the tongue of a Lithognathus
Head (scolex) of tapeworm Taenia solium, an intestinal parasite, has hooks and suckers to attach to its host
The parasitic castrator Sacculina carcini (highlighted) attached to its crab host
Human head-lice are directly transmitted obligate ectoparasites