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Checklist for Order Embioptera Lameere, 1900 (Foot spinners)
and region Leeward Islands (Antilles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
432
3970
7377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
429
3965
7370
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
412
3896
7245
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
52
221
403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

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


List of families for Leeward Islands
3 Families width 3 Species
Anisembiidae Davis, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Teratembiidae Krauss, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Oligotomidae Enderlein, 19091SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Leeward Islands
3 Genera with 3 Species
Chelicerca Ross, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Oligembia Davis, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Oligotoma Westwood, 18371SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Leeward Islands
3 Species
Chelicerca guatemalae Ross, 2003
Oligembia brevicauda Ross, 1940
Oligotoma saundersii Westwood, 1837Saunders embiid

Subnodes of Embioptera with occurrences in Leeward Islands
FamilyAnisembiidae
Davis, 1940
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOligotomidae
Enderlein, 1909
1
1
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