Anisembiidae

Anisembiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Embioptera
Family: Anisembiidae
Davis, 1940
Genera

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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:

  • Anisembia
  • Aporembia
  • Brasilembia
  • Bulbocerca
  • Chelicerca
  • Chorisembia
  • Cryptembia
  • Dactylocerca
  • Mesembia
  • Pelorembia
  • Platyembia
  • Saussurembia
  • Stenembia

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.

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