Anisembiidae

Family of insects

Anisembiidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Embioptera
Family: Anisembiidae
Davis, 1940

Anisembiidae is a family of insects in the order Embioptera, the web-spinners. The family is divided into several subfamilies.[1] It is the largest family of webspinners.[2]

Its subfamilies include the following:

  • Anisembiinae
  • Aporembiinae
  • Chelicercinae
  • Chorisembiinae
  • Cryptembiinae
  • Platyembiinae
  • Scolembiinae

Its genera include the following:[3][4]

  • Anisembia Krauss, 1911
  • Aporembia Ross, 2003
  • Brasilembia Ross, 2003
  • Bulbocerca Ross, 1940
  • Chelicerca Ross, 1940
  • Chorisembia Ross, 2003
  • Cryptembia Ross, 2003
  • Dactylocerca Ross, 1940
  • Ectyphocerca Ross, 2003
  • Exochosembia Ross, 2003
  • Glyphembia Ross, 2003
  • Isosembia Ross, 2003
  • Mesembia Ross, 1940
  • Microembia Ross, 1944
  • Oncosembia Ross, 2003
  • Pelorembia Ross, 1984
  • Phallosembia Ross, 2003
  • Platyembia Ross, 2003
  • Pogonembia Ross, 2003
  • Saussurembia Davis, 1940
  • Schizembia Ross, 1944
  • Scolembia Ross, 2003
  • † Poinarembia Ross, 2003
  • † Stenembia Ross, 1972

References

  1. ^ Engel, M. S., & Grimaldi, D. A. (2006). The earliest webspinners (Insecta: Embiodea). American Museum Novitates 3514, 1-15.
  2. ^ Eric Tentarelli (2012). A Guide to Insects. Blackwell. p. 672.
  3. ^ Maehr, M.D.; Eades, D.C. (2018). "family Anisembiidae". Embioptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  4. ^ "Anisembiidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-01.

Further reading

  • Ross, Edward S. (1984). "A synopsis of the Embiidina of the United States". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 86: 82–93. ISBN 978-90-5782-035-9. ISSN 0013-8797.
  • Ross, Edward S. (1970). "Biosystematics of the Embioptera". Annual Review of Entomology. 15: 157–172. doi:10.1146/annurev.en.15.010170.001105.
  • Ross, Edward S. (1944). "A revision of the Embioptera, or web-spinners, of the New World" (PDF). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 94 (3175): 401–504, 151 figs., 2 pls. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.94-3175.401. S2CID 85127749. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-17.
  • Szumik, Claudia A. (1996). "The higher classification of the order Embioptera: a cladistic analysis". Cladistics. 12: 41–64. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1996.tb00192.x. ISSN 0748-3007.

External links

Data related to Anisembiidae at Wikispecies

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Extant Embioptera families
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Subclass: Pterygota
  • Infraclass: Neoptera
Clothododea
  • Clothodidae
Neoembiodea
  • Andesembiidae
  • Anisembiidae
  • Archembiidae
  • Australembiidae
  • Embiidae
  • Embonychidae
  • Notoligotomidae
  • Oligotomidae
  • Paedembiidae
  • Teratembiidae
  • Condylopalma agilis (incertae sedis)
Taxon identifiers
Anisembiidae


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