What is Strepsiptera?
{{Taxobox | name = Strepsiptera | fossil_range= [[Cretaceous|Middle Cretaceous]] - Recent | image = Strepsiptera-halictophagida.gif | image_caption = male | image2 = StrepsipteraFem.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = '''Strepsiptera''' | ordo_authority = [[William Kirby (entomologist)|Kirby]], 1813}}{{No sources}} '''Strepsiptera''' is a order of [[insect]]s, any of about 600 species of small insects that are notable for their bizarre form of [[parasitism]]. Strepsipterans are parasitic in [[planthopper]]s, [[leafhopper]]s, [[treehopper]]s, [[froghopper]]s, [[bee]]s, and other insects. == Description == Mature females are usually wingless and saclike, whereas the males have large, fanlike hindwings, short, clublike forewings, bulging eyes, and comblike antennae. {{biology-stub}} [[category:Insects]]