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Neoptera is a classification group that includes most orders of the winged insects, specifically those that can flex their wings over their abdomens. This is in contrast with the more basal orders of winged insects, which are unable to flex their wings in this way.
A spinneret is a silk-spinning organ of a spider or the larva of an insect. Some adult insects also have spinnerets, such as those borne on the forelegs of Embioptera. Spinnerets are usually on the underside of a spider's opisthosoma, and are typically segmented. While most spiders have six spinnerets, some have two, four, or eight. They can move both independently and in concert.
The order Embioptera, commonly known as webspinners or footspinners, are a small group of mostly tropical and subtropical insects, classified under the subclass Pterygota. The order has also been called Embiodea or Embiidina. More than 400 species in 11 families have been described, the oldest known fossils of the group being from the mid-Jurassic. Species are very similar in appearance, having long, flexible bodies, short legs, and only males having wings.
Anisembiidae is a family of insects in the order Embioptera, the web-spinners. The family is divided into several subfamilies. It is the largest family of webspinners.
The Orthopterida is a superorder of the Polyneoptera that represents the extant orders Orthoptera, and Phasmatodea. The Orthopterida also includes the extinct orders Titanoptera and Caloneurodea.
Eumetabola is an unranked clade of Neoptera. Two large unities known as the Paurometabola and Eumetabola are probably from the adelphotaxa of the Neoptera after exclusion of the Plecoptera. The monophyly of these unities appears to be weakly justified.
The cohort Polyneoptera is a proposed taxonomic ranking for the Orthoptera and all other Neopteran insects believed to be more closely related to Orthoptera than to any other insect orders. These winged insects, now in the Paraneoptera, were formerly grouped as the Hemimetabola or Exopterygota on the grounds that they have no metamorphosis, the wings gradually developing externally throughout the nymphal stages.
Haploembia is a genus of webspinners in the family Oligotomidae. There are at least three described species in Haploembia. They are native to the Mediterranean, but have been observed in the Western united states, and are adventive elsewhere.
Oligotomidae is a family of webspinners in the order Embioptera. There are about 6 genera and at least 40 described species in Oligotomidae.
Diradius vandykei is a species of webspinner in the family Teratembiidae. It is found in North America.
Diradius is a genus of webspinners in the family Teratembiidae. There are about 15 described species in Diradius.
Andesembiidae is a family of webspinners in the order Embioptera. There are at least two genera and about seven described species in Andesembiidae.
Archembiidae is a family of webspinners in the order Embioptera. There are at least 2 genera and about 12 described species in Archembiidae.
Australembiidae is a family of webspinners in the order Embioptera. There is at least one genus, Metoligotoma, in Australembiidae.
Clothodidae is a family of webspinners in the order Embioptera. There are about 5 genera and 18 described species in Clothodidae.
Embiidae is a family of webspinners in the order Embioptera. There are more than 20 genera and 80 described species in Embiidae.
Paedembiidae is a family of webspinners in the order Embioptera. There are at least three genera and three described species in Paedembiidae.
Scelembiidae is a family of webspinners in the order Embioptera. There are about 16 genera and more than 40 described species in Scelembiidae.
Sinembiidae is an extinct family of webspinners in the order Embioptera. There are at least two genera and two described species in Sinembiidae.
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