Stylops

Stylops
Stylops melittae male; note the halteres in front of the wings
Stylops melittae females protruding from the abdomen of an Andrenid bee
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Strepsiptera
Family: Stylopidae
Genus: Stylops
Kirby, 1802

Stylops is a genus of obligately endoparasitic insects in the family Stylopidae. Hosts are typically members of the order Hymenoptera.

The name "stylops", used without a capital "s", refers as a common name to any member of the order Strepsiptera, and not only the genus Stylops.