Embia specolensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Embiomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Ordo: Embioptera Subordo: Euembiodea Infraordo: Embiomorpha

Familia: Embiidae
Genus: Embia
Species: Embia specolensis

Name

Embia specolensis Cianferoni & Ceccolini, 2024

Type locality: ITALY: Tuscany: Florence Metropolitan City, Florence Municipality, Florence, “La Specola” (Natural History Museum), museum garden.

Holotype: Filippo Ceccolini private collection, ♂, F. Ceccolini & L. Pizzocaro leg., 30.V.2016.

Etymology: The species refers to “La Specola”. The name is used to indicate a section of the Natural History Museum of Florence in which the known specimens were collected; adjective.

References

• Cianferoni, F. & Ceccolini, F. 2024. Shedding Light on the Shadows: Hidden Diversity in the Italian Embioptera. Insects 15: 868 (23 pp.). DOI: 10.3390/insects15110868 Reference page.