Species list, Checklist of Order Strepsiptera (Parasitic insects) for Southern Africa (Africa)

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

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	754 15371 60267	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	750 15333 60124	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	715 15096 59373	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	442 12146 51799	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Strepsiptera Kirby, 1813 Parasitic insects, Strepsipterans, Stylops	7 7 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Southern Africa
7 Families width 8 Species

Genera for Southern Africa
7 Genera with 8 Species

Species list for Southern Africa
8 Species

Bohartilla megalognatha Kinzelbach, 1969	Giant water bug
Congoxenos mendesi Luna de Carv..., 1982
Elenchus falcipennis Luna de Carv..., 1956	Magellanic Plover
Halictophagus (Halictophagus) calcaratus Pasteels, 1958	Eurasian Whimbrel
Halictophagus (Halictophagus) irwini Riek, 1975	Brown ruff
Halictoxenos knereri Pohl & Kinze..., 1995	Surfbird
Stichotrema (Stichotrema) robertsoni Kathirithamby, 1991
Xenos stuckenbergi Pasteels, 1957

Subnodes of Strepsiptera with occurrences in Southern Africa

Suborder	Mengenillidia Kinzelbach, 1969	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Suborder	Stylopidia Kinzelbach, 1969	6 6 7	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