Anisembiidae

Anisembiidae is a family of insects in the order Embioptera, the web-spinners. The family is divided into several subfamilies.^[1] It is the largest family of webspinners.^[2]

Anisembiidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Embioptera
Family:	Anisembiidae Davis, 1940

Its subfamilies include the following:

• Anisembiinae
• Aporembiinae
• Chelicercinae
• Chorisembiinae
• Cryptembiinae
• Platyembiinae
• Scolembiinae

Its genera include the following:^[3][4]

• Anisembia Krauss, 1911
• Aporembia Ross, 2003
• Brasilembia Ross, 2003
• Bulbocerca Ross, 1940
• Chelicerca Ross, 1940
• Chorisembia Ross, 2003
• Cryptembia Ross, 2003
• Dactylocerca Ross, 1940
• Ectyphocerca Ross, 2003
• Exochosembia Ross, 2003
• Glyphembia Ross, 2003
• Isosembia Ross, 2003
• Mesembia Ross, 1940
• Microembia Ross, 1944
• Oncosembia Ross, 2003
• Pelorembia Ross, 1984
• Phallosembia Ross, 2003
• Platyembia Ross, 2003
• Pogonembia Ross, 2003
• Saussurembia Davis, 1940
• Schizembia Ross, 1944
• Scolembia Ross, 2003
• † Poinarembia Ross, 2003
• † Stenembia Ross, 1972

References

1. Engel, M. S., & Grimaldi, D. A. (2006). The earliest webspinners (Insecta: Embiodea). American Museum Novitates 3514, 1-15.
2. Eric Tentarelli (2012). A Guide to Insects. Blackwell. p. 672.
3. Maehr, M.D.; Eades, D.C. (2018). "family Anisembiidae". Embioptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
4. "Anisembiidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-01.

Further reading

• Ross, Edward S. (1984). "A synopsis of the Embiidina of the United States". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 86: 82–93. ISBN 978-90-5782-035-9. ISSN 0013-8797.
• Ross, Edward S. (1970). "Biosystematics of the Embioptera". Annual Review of Entomology. 15: 157–172. doi:10.1146/annurev.en.15.010170.001105.
• Ross, Edward S. (1944). "A revision of the Embioptera, or web-spinners, of the New World" (PDF). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 94 (3175): 401–504, 151 figs., 2 pls. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.94-3175.401. S2CID 85127749. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-17.
• Szumik, Claudia A. (1996). "The higher classification of the order Embioptera: a cladistic analysis". Cladistics. 12: 41–64. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1996.tb00192.x. ISSN 0748-3007.

External links

Data related to Anisembiidae at Wikispecies