Bidrag til Strepsipterernes Naturhistorie. 



Af 



Fr. Meinert. 



Westwood, Introd. to mod. class, of Ins. II. p. 287 

 — 306 — 1840, indleder sin ypperlige, for Datiden ud- 

 tømmende Fremstilling af den saa interessante, saa 

 aparte staaende Insektgruppe (Orden?) Strepsiptera med 

 følgende Ord: »We are now arrived at a small group of 

 insects, which may be regarded as the most anomalous 

 annulose animals with which we are acquainted; and 

 which, either as respect their anatomical characters, or the 

 many obscure points connected with their economy, 

 may justly be considered to merit the epithet bestowed 

 upon one of them by Latreille: »^Systemata entomologica 

 perturbare videtur cum ex ordinibus omnibus repellatur — 

 animalculum — animum excrucians. Tempus ducamus, et 

 dies alteri lucem afferent« (Gen. Crust. Ins. IV. p. 388 

 —1809). 



Disse Latreilles Ord fra 1809 om Strepsiptererne 

 som »animalculum animum excrucians« staa fast den 

 Dag endnu, altsaa efter 86 Aars Forløb, og omend 

 Westwood, 1840, og kort efter Siebold, 1843, ved sin 

 Afhandling: »über Strepsiptera«, Wiegm. Arch. f. Naturg. 



