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Taxonomy of Order Embioptera Lameere, 1900
Foot spinners, Web spinners, Web-spinners, Webspinners


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
652
12648
108742
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Embioptera
Lameere, 1900
Foot spinners, Web spinners, Web-spinners, Webspinners
20
126
765
Families
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Embioptera Lameere, 1900
FamilyAndesembiidae
Ross, 2003
3
8
Genera
Species
FamilyAnisembiidae
Davis, 1940
25
161
Genera
Species
FamilyArchembiidae
Ross, 2001
11
50
Genera
Species
FamilyAustralembiidae
Ross, 1963
2
36
Genera
Species
FamilyBurmitembiidae   ⇒ Notoligotomidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyClothodidae
Tillyard, 1937
8
35
Genera
Species
FamilyClothodinae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyEmbidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyEmbiidae
Burmeister, 1839
45
214
Genera
Species
FamilyEmbonychidae
Navas, 1917
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyNotoligotomidae
Davis, 1940
3
9
Genera
Species
FamilyOligembiidae
Davis, 1940
  ⇒ Teratembiidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyOligotomidae
Enderlein, 1909
9
148
Genera
Species
FamilyPaedembiidae
Ross, 2006
3
3
Genera
Species
FamilyPtilocerembiidae
Miller & Edgerly, 2012
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyRasnalexiidae
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyScelembiidae
Ross, 2001
2
23
Genera
Species
FamilySinembiidae
Huang & Nel, 2009
2
2
Genera
Species
FamilySorellembiidae
Engel & Grimaldi, 2006
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyTeratembiidae
Krauss, 1911
7
73
Genera
Species
GenusDilobocerca
Ross, 1944
0Species
GenusDityle
Friederichs, 1908
0Species
GenusDrepanembia
Ross, 1984
0Species
GenusOligitoma
1Species

Synonyms
Embiodea (Kusnezov, 1903)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Embioptera
GermanEmbien, Spinnfüßler, Tarsenspinner
EnglishFoot spinners, Web spinners, Web-spinners, Webspinners
DutchWebspinners
FinnishKehruujalkaiset
FrenchEmbioptères


Distribution and Species lists of Embioptera Lameere, 1900
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Afghanistan
2 Families  2 Genera  1 Species
Algeria
1 Family  1 Genus  5 Species
Angola
2 Families  2 Genera  3 Species
Argentina
3 Families  6 Genera  7 Species
Australia
3 Families  5 Genera  32 Species
Belgium
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Bolivia
4 Families  6 Genera  9 Species
Brazil
6 Families  22 Genera  55 Species
Burkina Faso
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Burundi
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Cape Verde
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Chile
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
China
2 Families  4 Genera  4 Species
Colombia
7 Families  13 Genera  21 Species
Costa Rica
4 Families  5 Genera  8 Species
Croatia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Cuba
3 Families  3 Genera  6 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Denmark
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Dominican Republic
2 Families  4 Genera  7 Species
Ecuador
5 Families  7 Genera  16 Species
Egypt
2 Families  3 Genera  5 Species
El Salvador
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Eritrea
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Estonia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Ethiopia
2 Families  4 Genera  12 Species
France
4 Families  4 Genera  5 Species
Ghana
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Greece
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Guatemala
3 Families  6 Genera  7 Species
Guinea-Bissau
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Guyana
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Haiti
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Honduras
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Iceland
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
India
3 Families  9 Genera  19 Species
Indonesia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Ireland
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Italy
2 Families  3 Genera  6 Species
Japan
2 Families  2 Genera  1 Species
Kazakhstan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Kenya
1 Family  1 Genus  3 Species
Laos
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Latvia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Lesotho
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Lithuania
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Madagascar
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Mexico
4 Families  12 Genera  54 Species
Micronesia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Morocco
1 Family  1 Genus  3 Species
Mozambique
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Myanmar
4 Families  7 Genera  9 Species
Namibia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Nepal
2 Families  2 Genera  1 Species
Netherlands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Nicaragua
1 Family  1 Genus  3 Species
Pakistan
2 Families  2 Genera  1 Species
Panama
3 Families  5 Genera  14 Species
Papua New Guinea
1 Family  1 Genus  7 Species
Paraguay
2 Families  2 Genera  3 Species
Peru
8 Families  15 Genera  23 Species
Philippines
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Poland
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Portugal
2 Families  3 Genera  3 Species
Republic South Africa
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Russia
1 Families  2 Genera  1 Species
Saudi Arabia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Spain
3 Families  3 Genera  4 Species
Sri Lanka
1 Families  2 Genera  5 Species
Sudan
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Suriname
2 Families  2 Genera  1 Species
Sweden
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Taiwan
2 Families  2 Genera  10 Species
Tanzania
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Thailand
3 Families  6 Genera  13 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
4 Families  6 Genera  7 Species
Tunisia
2 Families  2 Genera  4 Species
Turkey
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Turkmenistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Uganda
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Ukraine
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
United Arab Emirates
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
United Kingdom
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
USA
5 Families  11 Genera  17 Species
Uzbekistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Venezuela
3 Families  5 Genera  11 Species
Vietnam
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Yemen
1 Families  2 Genera  3 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


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