See text Mengenillidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Strepsiptera.

[1] It is the second most basal member of the order, after Bahiaxenidae.

Unlike members of Stylopidia, which contains the vast majority of strepsipterans, the adult females of the family are free-living with legs.

[2] Members of the family with known hosts (Eoxenos and Mengenilla) parasitise members of the family Lepismatidae (silverfish and kin).

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