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.

Bahiaxenos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

References

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  • 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.