# Embiidae

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{{Short description|Family of insects}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Embia major.jpg
| image_caption = ''Embia major'' - male and male nymph
| taxon = Embiidae
| authority = [Burmeister](/source/Hermann_Burmeister), 1839
}}

'''Embiidae''' is a family of webspinners in the order [Embioptera](/source/Embioptera). There are more than 20 genera and 80 described species in Embiidae.<ref name=gbif/><ref name=Maehr2019/>

==Genera==
These 23 genera belong to the family Embiidae:
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* ''[Acrosembia](/source/Acrosembia)'' <small>Ross, 2006</small>
* ''[Apterembia](/source/Apterembia)'' <small>Ross, 1957</small>
* ''[Arabembia](/source/Arabembia)'' <small>Ross, 1981</small>
* ''[Berlandembia](/source/Berlandembia)'' <small>Davis, 1940</small>
* ''[Chirembia](/source/Chirembia)'' <small>Davis, 1940</small>
* ''[Cleomia](/source/Cleomia)'' <small>Stefani, 1953</small>
* ''[Dihybocercus](/source/Dihybocercus)'' <small>Enderlein, 1912</small>
* ''[Dinembia](/source/Dinembia)'' <small>Davis, 1939</small>
* ''[Donaconethis](/source/Donaconethis)'' <small>Enderlein, 1909</small>
* ''[Embia](/source/Embia)'' <small>Latreille, 1829</small>
* ''[Enveja](/source/Enveja)'' <small>Navás, 1916</small>
* ''[Leptembia](/source/Leptembia)'' <small>Krauss, 1911</small>
* ''[Machadoembia](/source/Machadoembia)'' <small>Ross, 1952</small>
* ''[Macrembia](/source/Macrembia)'' <small>Davis, 1940</small>
* ''[Metembia](/source/Metembia)'' <small>Davis, 1939</small>
* ''[Odontembia](/source/Odontembia)'' <small>Davis, 1939</small>
* ''[Oedembia](/source/Oedembia)'' <small>Ross, 2007</small>
* ''[Parachirembia](/source/Parachirembia)'' <small>Davis, 1940</small>
* ''[Parembia](/source/Parembia)'' <small>Davis, 1939</small>
* ''[Parthenembia](/source/Parthenembia)'' <small>Ross, 1960</small>
* ''[Pseudembia](/source/Pseudembia)'' <small>Davis, 1939</small>
* † ''[Electroembia](/source/Electroembia)'' <small>Ross, 1956</small>
* † ''[Galloembdia](/source/Galloembdia)'' <small>Falières, Engel, & Nel, 2021</small>
* † ''[Lithembia](/source/Lithembia)'' <small>Ross, 1984</small>
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==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=gbif>
{{Cite web| title=Embiidae
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2061
| website=GBIF
| access-date=2019-05-23
}}</ref>

<ref name=Maehr2019>
{{Cite web
| access-date = 2019-05-23
| title = family Embiidae Burmeister, 1839
| date = 2019
| last1 = Maehr | first1 = M.D.
| last2 = Eades | first2 = D.C.
| url = http://Embioptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1171962
| website = Embioptera species file online, Version 5.0
}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{Cite journal
| title = A synopsis of the Embiidina of the United States
| date = 1984
| last1 = Ross | first1 = Edward S.
| journal = Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
| volume = 86| pages = 82–93
| isbn = 978-90-5782-035-9
| issn = 0013-8797
| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16360535#page/98/mode/1up
}}
* {{Cite journal
| title = Biosystematics of the Embioptera
| date = 1970
| last1 = Ross | first1 = Edward S.
| journal = Annual Review of Entomology
| volume = 15| pages = 157–172
| doi = 10.1146/annurev.en.15.010170.001105
}}
* {{Cite journal
| title = A revision of the Embioptera, or web-spinners, of the New World
| date = 1944
| last1 = Ross | first1 = Edward S.
| journal = Proceedings of the United States National Museum
| volume = 94| issue = 3175| pages = 401–504, 151 figs., 2 pls
| doi = 10.5479/si.00963801.94-3175.401
| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/5200
}}
* {{Cite journal
| title = The higher classification of the order Embioptera: a cladistic analysis
| date = 1996
| last1 = Szumik | first1 = Claudia A.
| journal = Cladistics
| volume = 12| issue = 1| pages = 41–64
| issn = 0748-3007
| doi = 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1996.tb00192.x
| s2cid = 56217047
| doi-access = free
}}
{{Refend}}

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Category:Embioptera
Category:Insect families
Category:Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister

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