Australembiidae

Australembiidae
Metoligotoma tasmanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Embioptera
Suborder:	Euembiodea
Family:	Australembiidae Ross, 1963

Australembiidae is a family of webspinners in the order Embioptera. There is at least one genus, Metoligotoma , in the family Australembiidae. ^{[1] [2]} In this family, both males and females in all species are wingless. ^[3]

References

1. "Australembiidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
2. Maehr, M.D.; Eades, D.C. (2019). "family Australembiidae Ross, 1963". Embioptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
3. The Evolution of Social Behavior in Insects and Arachnids

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". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 94 (3175): 401–504, 151 figs., 2 pls. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.94-3175.401.
• Szumik, Claudia A. (1996). "The higher classification of the order Embioptera: a cladistic analysis". Cladistics. 12 (1): 41–64. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1996.tb00192.x . ISSN   0748-3007.