Could this female Xenidae be identified to sp.? The host is Anterhynchium flavomarginatum formosicola.
According to Benda et al. (2022), it refers to Macroxenos cf. piercei, while parasitizing the same species but other subspecies.
Any suggestion is welcomed.
#strepsiptera
The primary larva of Stichotrema asahinai, a myrmecolacid first recorded in Okinawa from Hirashima and Kifune (1974). It is a parasite of the katydid Mecopoda elongata, with first description of larvae from Honda (1977).
Newly recorded in Taiwan.
#Strepsiptera#Myrmecolacidae