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List of Embioptera family-group names in order of priority

The following list includes all available Embioptera family-group names by date of publication and their current status. Names are listed alphabetically within the same year.

Embiidae Burmeister 1839, valid family of Embioptera.

Clothodidae Enderlein 1909, valid family of Embioptera.

Oligotomidae Enderlein 1909, valid family of Embioptera.

Olynthidae Krauss 1911, invalid name due to homonymy of its type genus. Teratembiidae Krauss 1911, valid family of Embioptera.

Embonychidae Navás 1917, valid family of Embioptera.

Clothodidae Tillyard 1937, junior homonym of Clothodidae Enderlein 1909. Anisembiidae Davis 1940 c, valid family of Embioptera.

Anisembiinae Davis 1940c, valid subfamily of Anisembiidae Davis 1940 c. Anisembiidae Ross 1940 b, junior objective homonym of Anisembiidae Davis 1940 c. Anisembiini Davis 1940c, valid tribe of Anisembiinae Davis 1940c.

Mesembiini Ross 1940b, valid tribe of Anisembiinae Davis 1940c.

Notoligotomidae Davis 1940 c, valid family of Embioptera.

Oligembiidae Davis 1940 c, junior subjective synonym of Teratembiidae Krauss 1911. Australembiidae Ross 1963, valid family of Embioptera.

Chelicercinae Ross 1984a, valid subfamily of Anisembiidae Davis 1940 c. Archembiidae Ross 2001, valid family of Embioptera.

Microembiinae Ross 2001, junior synonym of Anisembiidae Davis 1940 c. Pachylembiinae Ross 2001, junior synonym of Archembiidae Ross 2001. Scelembiinae Ross 2001, junior synonym of Archembiidae Ross 2001. Andesembiidae Ross 2003 a, valid family of Embioptera.

Aporembiinae Ross 2003b, valid subfamily of Anisembiidae Davis 1940 c. Chorisembiinae Ross 2003b, valid subfamily of Anisembiidae Davis 1940 c. Cryptembiinae Ross 2003b, valid subfamily of Anisembiidae Davis 1940 c. Platyembiinae Ross 2003b, valid subfamily of Anisembiidae Davis 1940 c. Poinarembiini Ross 2003b, valid tribe of Anisembiinae Davis 1940c. Scolembiinae Ross 2003b, valid subfamily of Anisembiidae Davis 1940 c. Paedembiidae Ross 2006 a, valid family of Embioptera.

† Burmitembiinae Engel and Grimaldi 2006, valid subfamily of Notoligotomidae Davis 1940 c. † Sorellembiidae Engel and Grimaldi 2006, valid family of Embioptera.

Notes

Published as part of Miller, Kelly B., 2009, Genus- and family-group names in the order Embioptera (Insecta), pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 2055 on pages 27-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.186678

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Animalia
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Arthropoda
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Embioptera
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References

  • Burmeister, H. (1839) Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band. Befonbere Etomologie. Zweite Ubtheilung. Rauterfe. Gymnognatha. T. C. F. Enslin, Berlin, 1050 pp.
  • Enderlein, G. (1909) Die Klassifikation der Embiidinen, nebst morphologischen und physiologischen Bemerkungen, besonders uber das Spinnen derselben. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 35, 166 - 191.
  • Krauss, H. A. (1911) Monographie der Embien. Zoologica (Stuttgart), 23, 1 - 78.
  • Navas, L. (1917) Neuropteres de l'Indo-Chine. 2 e serie. Revue illustree d'Entomologie: Rennes, 7, 8 - 17.
  • Tillyard, R. J. (1937) Kansas Permian insects. 18. The order Embiaria. American Journal of Science. Series 5., 33, 242 - 251.
  • Davis, C. (1940 c) Taxonomic notes on the order Embioptera. XX. The distribution and comparative morphology of the order Embioptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 65, 533 - 542.
  • Ross, E. S. (1940 b) A revision of the Embioptera of North America. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 33, 629 - 676, 50 figs.
  • Ross, E. S. (1963) The families of Australian Embioptera, with descriptions of a new family, genus and species. Wasmann Journal of Biology, 21, 121 - 136.
  • Ross, E. S. (1984 a) A classification of the Embiidina of Mexico with descriptions of new taxa. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 140, 1 - 50.
  • Ross, E. S. (2001) Embia: Contributions to the biosystematics of the insect order Embiidina. Part 3. The Embiidae of the Americas (0 rder Embiidina). Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 150, 1 - 86.
  • Ross, E. S. (2003 a) Embia: Contributions to the biosystematics of the insect order Embiidina. Part 4. Andesembiidae, a new Andean family of Embiidina. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 153, 1 - 13.
  • Ross, E. S. (2003 b) Embia: Contributions to the biosystematics of the insect order Embiidina. Part 5. A review of the family Anisembiidae with descriptions of new taxa. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 154, 1 - 123.
  • Ross, E. S. (2006 a) Paedembiidae, a remarkable new family and infraorder of Embiidina from Afghanistan. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 57, 785 - 794.
  • Engel, M. S. & Grimaldi, D. A. (2006) The earliest webspinners (Insecta: Embiodea). American Museum Novitates, 3514, 1 - 15.