Bahiaxenos
| Bahiaxenos | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Strepsiptera |
| Family: | Bahiaxenidae Bravo, Pohl, Silva-Neto and Beutel, 2009 |
| Genus: | Bahiaxenos Bravo, Pohl, Silva-Neto and Beutel, 2009 |
| Species: | B. relictus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bahiaxenos relictus Bravo, Pohl, Silva-Neto and Beutel, 2009 | |
Bahiaxenos relictus is the sole member of the family Bahiaxenidae, a type of winged insect. It was only discovered and described in 2009 from relictual sand dunes associated with the Rio São Francisco in Bahia, Brazil. It is considered to be the most basal living member of the order Strepsiptera, so is the sister taxon to the remaining extant species. It is known from only a single male specimen, and its biology is unknown.
References
- Freddy Bravo; Hans Pohl; Alberto Silva-Neto; Rolf G. Beutel (2009). "Bahiaxenidae, a "living fossil" and a new family of Strepsiptera (Hexapoda) discovered in Brazil". Cladistics. 25 (6): 614–623. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00264.x. PMID 34879590. S2CID 83936131.