Abstract
Strepsiptera is a monophyletic group of entomophagous, obligate endoparasites, stylopising a wide range of insect hosts belonging to 34 families of Zygentoma, Polyneoptera, Paraneoptera, and Holometabola. So far 30 species in 14 genera and six families of Strepsiptera are known from India. The zoogeographic distribution of the Indian species of Strepsiptera and their known hosts are presented. The biology of Halictophagus australensis Perkins has been explored in detail. Stylopisation of Cofana spectra Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) by H. australensis lengthens the life span of C. spectra. A pictorial key to the Indian species of Strepsiptera is presented.
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