Xenos (insect)

Xenos is a genus of insects belonging to the family Xenidae.

[2] A species of the genus is Xenos vesparum, first described by Pietro Rossi in 1793.

[3][4] The females are permanent entomophagous endoparasites of Polistes paper wasps.

These 33 species belong to the genus Xenos:[1]

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Four male pupae are visible partially emerged from the wasp's abdomen; likely Xenos peckii , which is a parasite of the paper wasp Polistes fuscatus .