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The Embiid Webspinners (Embiidina [= Embioptera]: Embiidae) of South Africa Under revision

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Family: EMBIIDAE

This family is represented in South Africa by some eleven genera and about 30 species, most of which are still to be described.

Subfamily: B

1. Genus: 2
   1. Genus 2 species 1

      Mpumalanga and Northern Province.

      
      
   
   
2. Genus: APTEREMBIA
   1. A. cercocyrta (Krauss)

      Dictyoploca cercocyrta Krauss 1911: **
      Cape.

      
      
   2. A. capensis (Esben-Petersen)

      Haploembia capensis Esben-Petersen 1920: **.
      Cape.

      
      
   
   
3. Genus: 4
   1. Genus 4 species 1

      Western Cape and Northern Cape.

      
      
   2. Genus 4 species 2

      Western Cape and Northern Cape.

      
      
   
   

   Subfamily: EMBIINAE

4. Genus: EMBIA Latreille 1825
   1. Embia cf. sabulosa (Enderlein)

      Embia sabulosa Enderlein 1908: **
      

   
   

   Subfamily: E

5. Genus: 3
   1. Genus 3 species 1

      KwaZulu-Natal.