Embia brutia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Embiomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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 brutia

Name

Embia brutia Cianferoni & Ceccolini, 2024

Type locality: ITALY: Calabria: Vibo Valentia Province, Dinami Municipality, Marepotamo River (flood debris).

Holotype: MZUF, ♂, S. Cianfanelli & E. Talenti leg., 25.IV.1994.

Etymology: The specific epithet is an adjective derived from the Bruttians (Bruttii in Latin), an ancient Italic people inhabiting the southern extremity of Italy, roughly corresponding to the modern region of Calabria. The pronunciation, using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), is “bru:t͡sjä”

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.