Caenocholax Explained

Caenocholax is a genus of twisted-winged insects in the family Myrmecolacidae. There are about nine described species in Caenocholax.

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Caenocholax:

• Caenocholax barkleyi Antell & Kathirithamby, 2016
• Caenocholax brasiliensis Oliveira & Kogan, 1959
• Caenocholax brodzinsky Kathirithamby & Grimaldi, 1993
• Caenocholax brodzinskyi Kathirithamby & Grimaldi, 1993
• Caenocholax dominicensis Kathirithamby & Grimaldi, 1993
• Caenocholax fenyesi Pierce, 1909 (Fenyes' strepsiptera)
• Caenocholax groehni Kathirithamby & Henderickx, 2008
• Caenocholax palusaxus Antell & Kathirithamby, 2016
• Caenocholax vilhenai Luna de Carvalho, 1956

Further reading

• A monographic revision of the twisted winged insects comprising the order Strepsiptera Kirby. 1909. Pierce . W. Dwight. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 66. 10088/30423.
• A new species of Halictophagus (Insecta: Strepsiptera: Halictophagidae) from Texas, and a checklist of Strepsiptera from the United States and Canada. 2005. Kathirithamby . Jeyaraney. Taylor . Steven J.. Zootaxa. 1056. 1. 1–18. 10.11646/zootaxa.1056.1.1. free.