Transcript Order Embiidina

Order Embiidina
Embiidina (head)
• prognathous
• eyes present
• ocelli absent (lost)
• antennae filiform
Embiidina (thorax)
Embiidina (thorax)
• tarsi 3-seg.
• foretarsus
modified for
silk production
• 10-segmented
• cerci 1-2 seg.
• asymmetrical
male
terminalia
Embiidina (abdomen)
Embiidina (biology/ecology)
Embiidina (biology/ecology)
Embiidina (life cycle)
Embiidina (fauna)
World Fauna
• 8 families
• ca. 200 species
• prob. many undescribed
North American Fauna
• 3 families
• Anisembiidae (lab)
• Oligotomidae
• Teratembiidae
• 11 species
Order Embiidina
FINIS
Order Embiidina
embi0009
Australembia incompta
embi0008
Notoligotoma nitens
CSIRO 1970:360 (8), 361 (9)
Embiidina (biology/ecology)
Order Embiidina
embi0005
protarsus
CSIRO 1991:406 (5)
Order Embiidina
embi0007
asymmetrical male terminalia
CSIRO 1970:365 (7)
Order Embiidina
embi0004
Oligotoma saundersii
embi0006
Oligotoma saundersii
Essig 1942:179 (4, 6)
Order Embiidina
embi0002
wing development
Stehr 1987:182 (2)