Embioptera (order)
Unidentified webspinner at Majura, ACT
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| Embioptera (order) | 1 Jun 2021 | RogerF | ||
| Embioptera (order) | 1 Jun 2021 | jb2602 |
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Embiidina
3 comments
RogerF
wrote:
1 Jun 2021
Very nice picture showing silk and all, in its natural habitat. The silk is produced from the enlarged fore tarsi shown here. They feed on lichens etc. on the rock surface. I hope you carefully put the rock back!!
The world expert, the late Edward Ross contributed a very comprehensive chapter to Vol 1 of the Insects of Australia (CSIRO). Fancy devoting your life's work to such an enigmatic Order. I don't know about the suggested name Embiidina as its not listed by Ross. The commonest genus under rocks is Aposthonia.
The world expert, the late Edward Ross contributed a very comprehensive chapter to Vol 1 of the Insects of Australia (CSIRO). Fancy devoting your life's work to such an enigmatic Order. I don't know about the suggested name Embiidina as its not listed by Ross. The commonest genus under rocks is Aposthonia.
jb2602
wrote:
1 Jun 2021
Thank you for all this valuable information Roger. Embiidina I think is a synonym for the order Embiodea but I don’t know which one is currently preferred.
KimPullen
wrote:
1 Jun 2021
Embiidina is an alternative name for the order. It's mentioned in the Australian Faunal Directory at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/EMBIOPTERA, and Gullan & Cranston in their text 'The insects: an outline of entomology' (3rd edn) have them as 'Embiidina or Embioptera'. As the names of taxa above family-group level are not governed by rules, their use is a matter of common agreement - or disagreement!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.156250-35.264314
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Majura, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 20 Aug 2020 05:09 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Embioptera (order) Webspinners (Embioptera) Other insects Insects
Species information
- Embioptera (order) Scientific name
- Unidentified webspinner Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 723.4m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Embiidina sp.
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