A new species of Halictophagus (Insecta: Strepsiptera: Halictophagidae) from Texas, and a checklist of Strepsiptera from the United States and Canada
Author
Kathirithamby, Jeyaraney
Author
Taylor, Steven J.
text
Zootaxa
2005
1056
1
18
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.170109
3b30e136-a327-4637-872a-82693f2775e3
11755326
170109
Key to the families of adult male
Strepsiptera
found in
USA
and
Canada
1. Mandibles absent.....................................................................................
Corioxenidae
– Mandibles present ........................................................................................................ 2
2. Legs with 2 tarsomeres ...............................................................................
Elenchidae
– Legs with 3–4 tarsomeres ............................................................................................. 4
3. Legs with 3 tarsomeres; antennae 6–7 segmented with lateral flabella on 3rd, 3rd–4th,
3rd–6th, or 3rd–7th segments ...................................................................
Halictophagidae
– Legswith4 tarsomeres;antennae4–7segmentedwithlateralflabellumon3rd segmentonly ....................................................................................................................................... 5
4. Antennae 4–6 segmented with broad flat flabella; metathorax with spoonshaped subalar sclerite ...................................................................................................
Stylopidae
– Antennae 7 segmented with narrow, rounded segments; metathorax without spoonshaped subalar sclerite........................................................................
Myrmecolacidae