Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Bahiaxenos relictus Rank Species | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Order Strepsiptera | |
Family Bahiaxenidae
Bravo et al., 2009 Genus Bahiaxenos
Bravo et al., 2009 Similar Strepsiptera, Corioxenidae, Myrmecolacidae, Stylopidae, Halictophagus | ||
Bahiaxenos relictus is the sole member of the family Bahiaxenidae, a type of winged insect. It was only discovered and described in 2009 from relictual sand dunes associated with the Rio São Francisco in Bahia, Brazil. It is considered to be the most basal living member of the order Strepsiptera, so is the sister taxon to the remaining extant species. It is known from only a single male specimen, and its biology is unknown.
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