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family Embiidae Burmeister, 1839

• Nomenclatural details:   Justified emendation (Incorrect original spelling is Embidae)
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (14):
  • Burmeister. 1839. Handbuch der Entomologie 2:768  
  • Enderlein. 1909. Zool. Anz. 35:176  
  • Davis. 1940. Ann. ent. Soc. Amer. 33(4):678  
  • Davis. 1942. Proc. Roy. Entom. Soc. Lond. 11:114
  • Ross. 1970. Annual Review of Entomology 15:166 >> Note: Embioptera: Embiidae
  • Ross. 1984. Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 140:4  
  • Carpenter. 1992. In Kaesler [Ed.]. Part R Arthropoda 4. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 190 >> Note: Embioptera: Embiidae
  • Ross. 1992. In Quintero & Aiello [Ed.]. Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies 124
  • Szumik. 1996. Cladistics 12(1):41-64 >> Note: Embioptera: Embiidae
  • Ross. 2001. Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 150:i-v, 1-86  
  • Engel & Grimaldi. 2006. American Museum Novitates 3514:6  
  • Ross. 2006. Fauna of Arabia 22:293
  • Ross. 2007. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 58(29):576   >> Note: Referred to infraorder Embiomorpha.
  • Miller, Hayashi, Whiting, Svenson & Edgerly. 2012. Systematic Entomology 37(3):561  
• Type genus:  Embia Latreille, 1829; priority for family-group names based on Embia dates from Embidae Burmeister, 1839.  First use as Embiidae by Enderlein, 1909.

• synonym Embidae Burmeister, 1839
• synonym Embiinae Burmeister, 1839
• genus Acrosembia Ross, 2006
• species lichenophila Ross, 2006
• species scotti Ross, 2006
• genus Apterembia Ross, 1957
• synonym Dictyoploca Krauss, 1911
• species burensis (Rimsky-Korsakow, 1927)
• species capensis (Esben-Petersen, 1920)
• species cercocyrta (Krauss, 1911)
• species rimskyi (Davis, 1939)
• species sjostedti (Silvestri)
• genus Arabembia Ross, 1981
• species arida Ross, 2006
• species biarmata Ross, 1981
• species pakistanae Ross, 2006
• genus Berlandembia Davis, 1940
• synonym Berlandiella Davis, 1939
• species berlandi (Navás, 1922)
• species errans (Davis, 1939)
• species gromieri (Navás, 1934)
• genus Cleomia Stefani, 1953
• species guareschii Stefani, 1953
• genus Dihybocercus Enderlein, 1912
• synonym Macrembia Davis, 1940
• species basilewskyi Ross, 1957
• species confusus Davis, 1939
• species lunaris (Navás, 1926)
• species nigra Ross, 1955
• species rhodesiae Davis, 1939
• species severini (Enderlein, 1912)
• genus Dinembia Davis, 1939
• species ferruginea Davis, 1939
• genus Donaconethis Enderlein, 1909
• species abyssinica Enderlein, 1909
• genus †Electroembia Ross, 1956
• species †antiqua (Pictet, 1854)
• genus Embia Latreille, 1829
• synonym Embie Latreille, 1825
• synonym Euembia Verhoeff, 1904
• synonym Monotylota Enderlein, 1909
• species adenensis Ross, 1981
• species algerica (Navás, 1930)
• species alomatae Ross, 2006
• species amadorae Ross, 1966
• species asmarae Ross, 2006
• species attenuata Ross, 1966
• species biroi Krauss, 1911
• species brevispina Ross, 2006
• species collariger Enderlein, 1909
• species contorta Ross, 1966
• species conula Ross, 2006
• species cynthiae Fontana, 2002
• species dobhali Ross, 1950
• species fuentei Navás, 1918
• species girolamii Fontana, 2001
• species larachensis Ross, 1966
• species latreillii Rambur, 1842
• species lecerfi Ross, 1966
• species lesnei Ross, 1966
• species lucasi Ross, 1966
• species maroccana Ross, 1966
• species mauritanica Lucas, 1849
• species minor Mukerji, 1927
• species nigriceps Ross, 2006
• species nigrula Ross, 1981
• species nuragica Stefani, 1953
• species pallida Ross, 1951
• species rabaulti Navás, 1934
• species ramburi Rimsky-Korsakow, 1905
• species savignyi Westwood, 1837
• species shoa Ross, 2006
• species silvestrii Davis, 1940
• species sinai Ross, 2006
• species sinuosa Ross, 1966
• species tartara Saussure, 1896
• species tyrrhenica Stefani, 1953
• genus Enveja Navás, 1915
• species bequaerti Navás, 1915
• genus †Galloembia Falières, Engel & Nel, 2021
• species †raholai Falières, Engel & Nel, 2021
• genus Leptembia Krauss, 1911
• species erythreae Ross, 2006
• species hamifera Krauss, 1911
• genus Machadoembia Ross, 1952
• species angolica Ross, 1952
• species arcuata Ross, 1988
• genus Metembia Davis, 1939
• species ferox Davis, 1939
• species fraterna Ross, 1950
• genus Odontembia Davis, 1939
• species spinosa (Navás, 1931)
• genus Oedembia Ross, 2007
• species burmana Ross, 2007
• species dilatamenta Ross, 2007
• genus Parachirembia Davis, 1940
• species apicata (Silvestri, 1921)
• species brunnea Ross, 1951
• genus Parembia Davis, 1939
• species persica (McLachlan, 1877)
• species valida (Hagen, 1885)
• genus Parthenembia Ross, 1960
• species reclusa Ross, 1960
• genus Pseudembia Davis, 1939
• species flava (Ross, 1943)
• species immsi (Davis, 1939)
• species paradoxa Davis, 1939
• species setosa Ross, 1950
• species simplex Ross, 1950
• species truncata Davis, 1939

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