Teratembiidae is a family of insects in the order
Embioptera
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 ...
, the web-spinners. They are distributed in the
Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...
,
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In bioge ...
and
Afrotropical realms.
[Poolprasert, P. (2014)]
''Dachtylembia'', a new genus in the family Teratembiidae (Embioptera) from Thailand.
''Zootaxa'', 3779(4), 456-462.
Genera include:
[
*'' Dachtylembia''
*'' Diradius''
*'' Oligembia''
*'' Paroligembia''
*'' Teratembia''
]
References
External links
Embioptera
Insect families
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