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Checklist for Order Embioptera Lameere, 1900 (Foot spinners)
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
928
21139
104473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
924
21108
104403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
874
20837
103684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
112
1173
4246
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Embioptera
Lameere, 1900
Foot spinners, Web spinners, Web-spinners, Webspinners
3
5
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Australia
3 Families width 32 Species and 28 Subspecies
Oligotomidae (Enderlein, 1909)11SpeciesTaxom
Australembiidae Ross, 196319SpeciesTaxom
Notoligotomidae Davis, 19402SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Australia
5 Genera with 32 Species
Aposthonia Krauss, 193612SpeciesTaxom
Australembia Ross, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Metoligotoma Davis, 193832SpeciesTaxom
Notoligotoma Davis, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Oligotoma Westwood, 193613SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
32 Species and 28 Subspecies
Aposthonia approximans Davis, 1938
Aposthonia glauerti Tillyard, 1923
Aposthonia gurneyi Froggatt, 1904
Aposthonia gurneyi agilis Froggatt, 1904
Aposthonia gurneyi centralis Davis, 1936
Aposthonia gurneyi gurneyi Froggatt, 1904
Aposthonia gurneyi hilli Davis, 1936
Aposthonia gurneyi remota Davis, 1944
Aposthonia gurneyi spinulosa Davis, 1936
Aposthonia gurneyi subclavata Davis, 1936
Aposthonia oceania Ross, 1951Oceanic embiid
Aposthonia tillyardi Davis, 1936
Australembia rileyi Davis, 1940
Metoligotoma anomala Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma begae Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma bidens Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma brevispina Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma collina Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma collina collina Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma collina exigua Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma convergens Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma extorris Davis, 1936
Metoligotoma illawarrae Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma illawarrae illawarrae Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma illawarrae septentrionis Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma illawarrae telocera Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma incompta Ross, 1963
Metoligotoma ingens Davis, 1936
Metoligotoma intermedia Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma minima Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma minima minima Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma minima victoriae Davis, 1942
Metoligotoma pentanesiana Davis, 1936
Metoligotoma pugionifer Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma reducta Davis, 1936
Metoligotoma reducta acuta Davis, 1942
Metoligotoma reducta ingens (Davis, 1936)⇒ Metoligotoma ingens Davis, 1936
Metoligotoma reducta reducta Davis, 1936
Metoligotoma reducta subtropica Davis, 1942
Metoligotoma rileyi (Davis, 1940)⇒ Australembia rileyi Davis, 1940
Metoligotoma rooksi Miller & Edg..., 2008
Metoligotoma tasmanica Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma tasmanica bassiana Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma tasmanica biloba Davis, 1938
Metoligotoma tasmanica tasmanica Davis, 1938
Notoligotoma hardyi Friederichs, 1914
Notoligotoma nitens Davis, 1936
Oligotoma approximans (Davis, 1938)⇒ Aposthonia approximans Davis, 1938
Oligotoma glauerti (Tillyard, 1923)⇒ Aposthonia glauerti Tillyard, 1923
Oligotoma gurneyi (Froggatt, 1904)⇒ Aposthonia gurneyi gurneyi Froggatt, 1904
Oligotoma gurneyi agilis Froggatt, 1904
Oligotoma gurneyi centralis (Davis, 1936)⇒ Aposthonia gurneyi centralis Davis, 1936
Oligotoma gurneyi gurneyi Froggatt, 1904
Oligotoma gurneyi hilli (Davis, 1936)⇒ Aposthonia gurneyi hilli Davis, 1936
Oligotoma gurneyi remota (Davis, 1944)⇒ Aposthonia gurneyi remota Davis, 1944
Oligotoma gurneyi spinulosa (Davis, 1936)⇒ Aposthonia gurneyi spinulosa Davis, 1936
Oligotoma gurneyi subclavata (Davis, 1936)⇒ Aposthonia gurneyi subclavata Davis, 1936
Oligotoma nigra Hagen, 1866Black Webspinner
Oligotoma saundersii Westwood, 1837Saunders embiid
Oligotoma tillyardi (Davis, 1936)⇒ Aposthonia tillyardi Davis, 1936

Subnodes of Embioptera with occurrences in Australia
FamilyAustralembiidae
Ross, 1963
2
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyNotoligotomidae
Davis, 1940
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOligotomidae
Enderlein, 1909
2
11
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Embioptera at gbif.org
Embioptera at irmng.org
Embioptera at itis.gov