Species list, Checklist of Order Embioptera (Foot spinners) for Southern Africa (Africa)

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

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	754 15371 60267	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	750 15333 60124	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	715 15096 59373	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923	95 811 2249	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Embioptera Lameere, 1900 Foot spinners, Web spinners, Web-spinners, Webspinners	2 3 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Southern Africa
2 Families width 3 Species

Embiidae Burmeister, 1839		2	Species	Taxom
Oligotomidae Enderlein, 1909		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Southern Africa
3 Genera with 3 Species

Species list for Southern Africa
3 Species

Apterembia capensis Esben-Petersen, 1920
Dihybocercus nigra Ross, 1956
Oligotoma saundersii Westwood, 1837	Saunders embiid

Subnodes of Embioptera with occurrences in Southern Africa

Family	Embiidae ♰ Burmeister, 1839	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Oligotomidae Enderlein, 1909	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Embioptera at gbif.org
Embioptera at irmng.org
Embioptera at itis.gov