Genus Paraxenos Saunders, 1872
- Paraxenos Saunders, S.S. 1872. Stylopidarum, ordinem Strepsipterorum Kirbii constituentium, mihi tamen potius Coleopterorum Familiae, Rhiphidiphoridis Meloïdisque propinquae, Monographia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1872: 1–48 [45].
Type species:
Paraxenos erberi Saunders, 1872 by monotypy. - Sceliphronechthrus Pierce, W.D. 1909. A monographic revision of the twisted winged insects comprising the order Strepsiptera Kirby. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 66: 1–232 [141].
Type species:
Sceliphronechthrus fasciati Pierce, 1909 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kinzelbach, R.K. 1971. Morphologische Befunde an Fächerflüglern und ihre phylogenetische Bedeutung (Insecta: Strepsiptera). Zoologica (Stuttgart) 41(119): 129–256 [162]
Distribution
Widespread.