Xenos (insect)


Xenos is a genus of insects belonging to the family Xenidae. The word derives from the Greek word for strange. The type species of the genus is Xenos vesparum, first described by Pietro Rossi in 1793. The females are permanent entomophagous endoparasites of Polistes paper wasps, spending their whole lives in the wasp's abdomen.

Species

These 33 species belong to the genus Xenos:Xenos afer Pasteels, 1950 Xenos americanus Xenos argentinus Brèthes, 1923 Xenos boharti Hofmann, 1965 Xenos bohlsi Hoffmann, 1914 Xenos bonairensis Brèthes, 1923 Xenos circularis Kifune & Maeta, 1985 Xenos colombiensis Cook, Mayorga-Ch & Sarmiento, 2020Xenos dianshuiwengi Yang, 1999Xenos formosanus Kifune & Maeta, 1985 Xenos hamiltoni Kathirithamby & Hughes, 2006 Xenos hebraei Kinzelbach, 1978 Xenos hospitus Oliveira & Kogan, 1962 Xenos hunteri Xenos indespectus Oliveira & Kogan, 1962 Xenos iviei Kifune, 1983Xenos kifunei Cook & Mathison, 1997 Xenos moutoni Buysson, 1903 Xenos niger Pasteels, 1950 Xenos nigrescens Brues, 1903 Xenos oxyodontes Nakase & Kato, 2013 Xenos pallidus Brues, 1903 Xenos peckii Kirby, 1813Xenos peruensis Kifune, 1979 Xenos provesparum Kifune, 1986 Xenos ropalidiae Xenos rostratus Trois, 1984 Xenos rubiginosi Xenos stuckenbergi Pasteels, 1956 Xenos vesparum Rossi, 1793 Xenos yamaneorum Kifune & Maeta, 1985 Xenos yangi Dong, Liu & Li, 2022