Provisional Checklist of the Embioptera (Webspinners)
of Brackenridge Field Laboratory

Prepared by R.W. Patrock (6 November 1988)

There are about 150 species of this mainly tropical order worldwide; six genera and 10 species occur in the United States, ca. 7 species occur in Texas.

• Oligembiidae
  • 1. Oligembia (Collected from BFL in September

• Anisembiidae
  • 2. Chelicerca davisi Ross
  • 3. Anisembia texana (Melander) Occurs as a stray from Mexico.

• Oligembiidae
  • 4. Oligembia melanura Ross
  • 5. O. lobata Ross

• Oligotomidae
  • 6. Oligotoma saundersii (Westwood)
  • 7. O. nigra Hagen
  • 8. Haploembia solieri (Rambur)

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Ross, E.S. 1944. A revision of the Embioptera, or webspinners of the New World. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 94(3175) 401-504.

Ross, E.S. 1970. Biosystematics of the Embioptera. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 15: 157-72.

Ross, E.S. 1984. A synopsis of the Embiidina of the United States. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington. 86: 82-93.