Discovery of the twisted-wing parasite family Myrmecolacidae (Insecta: Strepsiptera) from China, with description of two new species of the genus Myrmecolax Westwood, 1861

Xiumei Lu; Xingyue Liu

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3881.4.6

Discovery of the twisted-wing parasite family Myrmecolacidae (Insecta: Strepsiptera) from China, with description of two new species of the genus Myrmecolax Westwood, 1861

Zootaxa. 2014 Nov 6;3881(4):385-95. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.4.6.

Authors

Xiumei Lu¹, Xingyue Liu¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.; Email: xingyue_liu@yahoo.com.

PMID: 25543643
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.4.6

Abstract

The twisted-wing parasite family Myrmecolacidae is recorded from China for the first time based on the discovery of the genus Myrmecolax Saunders. Two species of Myrmecolax are described as new to science, Myrmecolax pachygnathus sp. nov. and Myrmecolax arcuatus sp. nov..

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
China
Insecta / anatomy & histology*
Insecta / classification*
Insecta / physiology
Male
Species Specificity