How to translate text using browser tools
1 October 2014 A Revised Key to the Living and Fossil Families of Strepsiptera, with the Description of a New Family, Cretostylopidae
Jeyaraney Kathirithamby, Michael S. Engel
Author Affiliations +
Abstract

A new family, Cretostylopidae Kathirithamby and Engel, is erected to accommodate the mid-Cretaceous species Cretostylops engeli Grimaldi and Kathirithamby. Based on this as well as various other recent works pertaining to the higher classification of Strepsiptera, a revised key is provide to the living and fossil families.

Kansas Entomological Society
Jeyaraney Kathirithamby and Michael S. Engel "A Revised Key to the Living and Fossil Families of Strepsiptera, with the Description of a New Family, Cretostylopidae," Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 87(4), 385-388, (1 October 2014). https://doi.org/10.2317/JKES140407.1
Accepted: 1 June 2014; Published: 1 October 2014
KEYWORDS
Cretostylops
fossil
identification key
Strepsiptera
twisted-winged parasites
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission
Back to Top