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)
Coleopterida
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Coleopterida is a superorder of insects consisting of the orders Coleoptera and Strepsiptera. It is established as the sister group of Neuropterida based on phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequence data.
Strepsiptera
…studies, including whole genome sequencing, find strepsipterans as the sister group of beetles (Coleoptera), with both groups together forming the clade Coleopterida. The most basal strepsipteran is the fossil Protoxenos janzeni discovered in Eocene aged Baltic amber, whereas the most basal living strepsipteran is…
Coleopterida