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Miscellaneous Insecta Species File
Genus

Mesembia Ross, 1940

Type

type species by original designation of Mesembia Ross, 1940

Nomenclature (8)

  • Mesembia Ross, 1940

    type species by original designation Oligotoma hospes Myers, 1928 in Ross, 1940

  • Mesembia Ross, 1940: 643.
  • Mesembia Ross, 1940 in Miller, 2009: 6.
  • Mesembia Ross, 1940 in Miller, Hayashi, Whiting, Svenson & Edgerly, 2012: 559.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Ross, E.S. (1940) A new genus of Embioptera from the West Indies. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 16, 12.
  • Ross, E.S. (1940) A Revision of the Embioptera of North America. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 33(4), 629–676. Available at http://chla.library.cornell.edu/
  • Ross, E.S. (1944) A revision of the Embioptera, or webspinners, of the New World. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 94, 401–504. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31778
  • Ross, E.S. (1984) A Classification of the Embiidina of Mexico with Descriptions of New Taxa. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 140, x, 1–54, 16 figs. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/occasionalpapers140cali
  • Mariño, E. & Márquez, C. (1994) Embiópteros de México. V. Especie neuva de Mesembia (Embioptera: Anisembiidae). Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Autónoma México. Ser. Zool., 65, 233–239.
  • Ross, E.S. (2003) Embia. Contributions to the biosystematics of the insect order Embiidina: Part 5. A review of the family Anisembiidae with descriptions of new taxa. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 154, i-vi, 1–123. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126376
  • Miller, K.B. (2009) Genus- and family-group names in the order Embioptera (Insecta). Zootaxa, 2055, 1–34.
  • Miller, K.B., Hayashi, C.Y., Whiting, M.F., Svenson, G.J. & Edgerly, J.S. (2012) The phylogeny and classification of Embioptera (Insecta). Systematic Entomology, 37(3), 550–570. Available at http://www.kellymillerlab.com/pdf/60_EmbiopteraPhylogeny.pdf

Other references (0)

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species70613