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Checklist for Order Embioptera Lameere, 1900 (Foot spinners)
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
743
20447
107483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
739
20429
107440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
708
20177
106478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
102
1509
5307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Embioptera
Lameere, 1900
Foot spinners, Web spinners, Web-spinners, Webspinners
3
6
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for East Africa
3 Families width 21 Species
Embiidae Burmeister, 183918SpeciesTaxom
Oligotomidae Enderlein, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Teratembiidae Krauss, 19111SpeciesTaxom


Genera for East Africa
6 Genera with 21 Species
Chirembia Davis, 19309SpeciesTaxom
Dihybocercus Enderlein, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Donaconethis Enderlein, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Embia Latreille, 20066SpeciesTaxom
Oligotoma Westwood, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Paroligembia Ross, 20061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Africa
21 Species
Chirembia alomatae Ross, 2006
Chirembia arusi Ross, 2006
Chirembia baringoa Ross, 2006
Chirembia bourgi Navas, 1923
Chirembia leechi Ross, 2006
Chirembia massawae Ross, 2006
Chirembia micropallida Ross, 2006
Chirembia sulcata Navas, 1923
Chirembia xanthocera Navas, 1930
Dihybocercus basilewskyi Ross, 1957
Dihybocercus confusus Davis, 1939
Donaconethis abyssinica Enderlein, 1909
Embia alomatae Ross, 2006
Embia asmarae Ross, 2006
Embia brevispina Ross, 2006
Embia conula Ross, 2006
Embia nigriceps Ross, 2006
Embia shoa Ross, 2006
Oligotoma saundersii Westwood, 1837Saunders embiid
Oligotoma westwoodi Hagen, 1885
Paroligembia ethiopica Ross, 2006

Subnodes of Embioptera with occurrences in East Africa
FamilyEmbiidae ♰
Burmeister, 1839
4
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOligotomidae
Enderlein, 1909
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyTeratembiidae
Krauss, 1911
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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