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Issue: Vol. 5750 No. 2: 20 Jan. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-01-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5750.2.1
Page range: 151-200
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Review of the Strepsiptera fauna of the Nordic countries with the description of two new species of Stylops Kirby (Stylopidae)

Department of Zoology; Swedish Museum of Natural History; Stockholm; Sweden
Department of Zoology; Faculty of Science; Charles University; Prague; Czech Republic; Department of Entomology; National Museum of the Czech Republic; Prague; Czech Republic
Department of Zoology; Swedish Museum of Natural History; Stockholm; Sweden
Department of Zoology; Swedish Museum of Natural History; Stockholm; Sweden
SLU Artdatabanken; Uppsala; Sweden
Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics; Swedish Museum of Natural History; Stockholm; Sweden
Department of Zoology; Faculty of Science; Charles University; Prague; Czech Republic
Department of Zoology; Swedish Museum of Natural History; Stockholm; Sweden; Department of Zoology; Faculty of Science; Stockholm University; Stockholm; Sweden
Strepsiptera Twisted-winged parasites taxonomy identification key Europe new species

Abstract

Twisted-winged parasites (Strepsiptera) is a small insect order with around 610 species worldwide and whose members are obligate parasites of other insects. While recent advances in molecular methods have significantly improved our understanding of the species diversity, there is no review of Strepsiptera diversity from the Nordic countries that fully reflect the current state of taxonomic knowledge. Here we revise the Nordic Strepsiptera fauna, present an updated and annotated checklist of species, including new distribution data and host associations based on new records from museums, private collectors, previous publications, and databases. We describe two new species of Stylops (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae) from the Nordic countries, Stylops sapmiensis Lähteenaro & Bergsten, sp. nov. and Stylops serotinus Lähteenaro & Straka, sp. nov., supported by molecular, morphological, and host-use data. A key to genera of Nordic Strepsiptera based on males and to species based on females is provided together with distribution maps of known species.

 

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Lähteenaro, M., Benda, D., Covelli, M.A. Álvarez, Forshage, M., Hovmöller, R., Nylander, J.A.A., Straka, J. & Bergsten, J. (2026) Review of the Strepsiptera fauna of the Nordic countries with the description of two new species of Stylops Kirby (Stylopidae). Zootaxa, 5750 (2), 151–200. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5750.2.1