Anisembiidae Explained

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]

Its subfamilies include the following:

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

Its genera include the following:

• 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

Further reading

• A synopsis of the Embiidina of the United States. 1984. Ross . Edward S.. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 86. 82–93. 978-90-5782-035-9. 0013-8797.
• Biosystematics of the Embioptera. 1970. Ross . Edward S.. Annual Review of Entomology. 15. 157–172. 10.1146/annurev.en.15.010170.001105.
• A revision of the Embioptera, or web-spinners, of the New World. 1944. Ross . Edward S.. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 94. 3175. 401–504, 151 figs., 2 pls. 10.5479/si.00963801.94-3175.401. 85127749. https://web.archive.org/web/20200217202116/http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/da77/ab4f23da61dcd024fe3197235cf04fefae14.pdf. dead. 2020-02-17.
• The higher classification of the order Embioptera: a cladistic analysis. 1996. Szumik . Claudia A.. Cladistics. 12. 41–64. 0748-3007. 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1996.tb00192.x. free.

Notes and References

1. Engel, M. S., & Grimaldi, D. A. (2006). The earliest webspinners (Insecta: Embiodea). American Museum Novitates 3514, 1-15.
2. Book: A Guide to Insects . Eric Tentarelli . 2012 . Blackwell . 672.