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Checklist for Order Strepsiptera Kirby, 1813 (Parasitic insects)
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		743
20447
107483		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		739
20429
107440		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		708
20177
106478		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		435
15998
93602		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Strepsiptera
Kirby, 1813
Parasitic insects, Strepsipterans, Stylops		8
11
19		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for East Africa
8 Families width 19 Species
Bohartillidae Kinzelbach, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Halictophagidae Perkins, 19058SpeciesTaxom
Corioxenidae Kinzelbach, 19702SpeciesTaxom
Elenchidae Perkins, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Mengenillidae Kinzelbach, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecolacidae Saunders, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Stylopidae (Kirby, 1813)Strepsiptera0SpeciesTaxom
Xenidae Pohl & Beutel, 20053SpeciesTaxom


Genera for East Africa
11 Genera with 19 Species
Bohartilla Kinzelbach, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Coriophagus Kinzelbach, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Corioxenos Blair, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Elenchus Curtis, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Halictophagus Curtis, 19627SpeciesTaxom
Mengenilla Hofeneder, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecolax Westwood, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Paraxenos Saunders, 1872
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoxenos Saunders, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Uniclavus Kathirithamby, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Xenos Rossi, 19112SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Africa
19 Species
Bohartilla megalognatha Kinzelbach, 1969Giant water bug
Coriophagus zanzibarae Bohart, 1962Lesser Yellowlegs
Corioxenos antestiae Blair, 1936
Elenchus eastopi Fox, 1967Madagascar Snipe
Elenchus templetoni Westwood, 1836
Halictophagus (Halictophagus) clodoceras Jeannel, 1913
Halictophagus (Halictophagus) griveaudi Paulian, 1959Redshanks
Halictophagus (Halictophagus) pontifex Fox, 1967Madagascar Snipe
Halictophagus (Halictophagus) regina Fox, 1967Madagascar Snipe
Halictophagus (Halictophagus) scheveni Kinzelbach, 1972
Halictophagus euryscelis Tribull & Cook, 2011Eurasian Golden Plover
Halictophagus zanazibarae Bohart, 1962
Mengenilla leucomma Cook, 2007Black-banded Plover
Myrmecolax vadoni Paulian, 1959
Myrmecolax vardoni Paulian, 1959
Pseudoxenos rueppelli Kinzelbach, 1971
Uniclavus zambezensis Kathirithamby, 1989Pied Lapwing
Xenos afer Pasteels, 1950
Xenos zavattarii Pierce, 1911

Subnodes of Strepsiptera with occurrences in East Africa
SuborderMengenillidia
Kinzelbach, 1969
1
1
1		Family
Genus
Species
Taxom

SuborderStylopidia
Kinzelbach, 1969
7
10
18		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Strepsiptera at artfakta.se
Strepsiptera at dyntaxa.se
Strepsiptera at gbif.org
Strepsiptera at irmng.org
Strepsiptera at itis.gov