Stylops
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For the order, see Strepsiptera.
Stylops[1] is a genus of obligately endoparasitic insects in the family Stylopidae. Hosts are typically members of the order Hymenoptera.
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Stylops | |
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Stylops melittae male; note the halteres in front of the wings | |
Stylops melittae females protruding from the abdomen of an Andrenid bee | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Strepsiptera |
Family: | Stylopidae |
Genus: | Stylops Kirby, 1802 |
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The name "stylops", used without a capital "s", refers as a common name to any member of the order Strepsiptera, and not only the genus Stylops.[2]