Scelembiidae

Scelembiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Embioptera
Suborder:	Euembiodea
Family:	Scelembiidae Ross, 2001

Scelembiidae is a family of webspinners in the order Embioptera. There are 12 extant genera and some 40 described species in Scelembiidae. ^[1]

Genera

• Ambonembia Ross, 2001
• Biguembia Szumik, 1997
• Chirembia Davis, 1940
• Dolonembia Ross, 2001
• Gibocercus Szumik, 1997
• Litosembia Ross, 2001
• Malacosembia Ross, 2001
• Ochrembia Ross, 2001
• Olyntha Gray, 1832
• Pararhagadochir Davis, 1940
• Rhagadochir Enderlein, 1912
• Xiphosembia Ross, 2001
• † Kumarembia Engel & Grimaldi, 2011
• † Lithembia Ross, 1984
• † Multivena Lai, Yang, & Zhang, 2022
• † Parasorellembia Anisyutkin & Perkovsky, 2022
• † Sorellembia Engel & Grimaldi, 2006

References

1. Maehr, M.D.; Eades, D.C. (2025). "family Scelembiidae Ross, 2001". Embioptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2025-01-12.

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. S2CID   85127749.
• 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.