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.
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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
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Cretostylops
fossil
identification key
Strepsiptera
twisted-winged parasites