Caenocholax fenyesi
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Caenocholax fenyesi is a species of twisted-winged parasitic insects in the order Strepsiptera and family Myrmecolacidae.[1] It has a sporadic distribution throughout North America, Central America, and South America.[2] Chaenochlax brasiliensis (Oliveira and Kogan 1959) is the only other named species in the genus.[1]
Caenocholax fenyesi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Strepsiptera |
Family: | Myrmecolacidae |
Genus: | Caenocholax |
Species: | C. fenyesi |
Binomial name | |
Caenocholax fenyesi Pierce, 1909 | |
C. fenyesi displays heterotrophic heteronomy, where males and females occupy different hosts.[3][2] Females are endoparasites throughout their lifecycle and parasitize members of Orthoptera, while larval stage males are endoparasites of Solenopsis invicta, the red imported fire ant, and are free-living as adults.[3][1] Males in Arizona, Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America have performed a host switch and parasitize native fire ants closely related to S. invicta.[1] They are highly virulent in their adult hosts, but not in their larval hosts due to a slower growth rate in larval stages.[4]