Sphecixenos orientalis, host, female, cephalothorax, photomicrographs A Sceliphron madraspatanum stylopized by female of S. orientalis, lateral view B detail of host abdomen with adult female inside C ventral side of cephalothorax D dorsal side of cephalothorax. Abbreviations: mxb – maxillary base, pps – prosternal pale spot.

 
 
  Part of: Benda D, Pohl H, Nakase Y, Beutel R, Straka J (2022) A generic classification of Xenidae (Strepsiptera) based on the morphology of the female cephalothorax and male cephalotheca with a preliminary checklist of species. ZooKeys 1093: 1-134. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1093.72339