Zoraptera

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Zoropterans
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n : Animalia : Arthropoda : Hexapoda : Insecta : Pterogota Infraclass: Neoptera : Zoraptera : Zoraptidae : Zorotypus \n
Speciess
\nZorotypus barberi Zorotypus brasiliensis Zorotypus buxtoni \nZorotypus caudelli Zorotypus ceylonicus Zorotypus congensis \nZorotypus cramptoni Zorotypus delamarei Zorotypus guineensis \nZorotypus gurneyi Zorotypus hamiltoni Zorotypus hubbardi \nZorotypus huxleyi Zorotypus javanicus Zorotypus juninensis \nZorotypus lawrencei Zorotypus leleupi Zorotypus longicercatus \nZorotypus manni Zorotypus medoensis Zorotypus mexicanus \nZorotypus neotropicus Zorotypus newi Zorotypus philippinensis \nZorotypus shannoni Zorotypus silvestrii Zorotypus sinensis \nZorotypus snyderi Zorotypus swezeyi Zorotypus weidneri \nZorotypus vinsoni Zorotypus zimmermani\n

\nThe insect order Zoraptera contains one family (Zoratypidae} which in turn contains one extant genus, Zorotypus, though an extinct animal of the Cretaceous era is classified as Xenozorotypus burmiticus within the same family. Commonly called Zorapterans, the members of this order are small ( 3 mm or less) insects that resemble termites (Order Isoptera) in appearance and in their gregarious behavior. About thirty species are found world-wide. They live beneath rotting wood, eating fungal spores and detritus. \nAlthough zorapterans have four wings, both sexes have winged and wingless forms, with the wingless forms lacking eyes. They have 9-segmented moniliform antennae.