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Aposthonia ceylonica (Enderlein, 1912)

Nomenclature (9)

  • Oligotoma ceylonica Enderlein, 1912: 83.
  • Oligotoma ceylonica ceylonica Enderlein, 1912 in Kapur & Kripalani, 1957: 126.
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  • Aposthonia ceylonica (Enderlein, 1912) in Salisbury, Valkova, Reid & Edgerly, 2019 Distribution/Dispersal/Specimen Records
  • Aposthonia ceylonica (Enderlein, 1912) in Kim, Sung, Kim & Shin, 2022: 2. Distribution/Dispersal/Specimen Records

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Bradoo, B.L. (1971) Two new species of Embioptera with records of others from South India. Oriental Insects, 5(2), 263–267.
  • Edgerly, J.S., Büsse, S. & Hörnschemeyer, T. (2012) Spinning behaviour and morphology of the spinning glands in male and female Aposthonia ceylonica (Enderlein, 1912) (Embioptera: Oligotomidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 251(4), 297–306. Available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004452311100088X
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  • Enderlein, G. (1912) Embiidinen; monographisch bearbeitet. Catalogue systématique et Descriptif des collections Zoologiques du Baron Edmond de Selys Longchamp, 3, 1–121 + 4 pls. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/9187
  • Kapur & Kripalani (1957) Studies in Indian Embioptera. Part I-The Oligotomidae of India. Transactions of the Royal Enteomological Society of London, 109(3), 111–134. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/een.1957.109.issue-3/issuetoc
  • Kim, D.-Y., Sung, W., Kim, Y.H. & Shin, S. (2022) The second introduction of a non-native Embioptera to Korea via ornamental plants: Evaluating DNA barcoding to prepare for a global inflow of unfamiliar taxa. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 25(3), 101932: 7 pages.
  • Poolprasert, P., Sitthicharoenchai, D., Butcher, B.A. & Lekprayoon, C. (2011) Aposthonia Krauss, 1911 (Embioptera: Oligotomidae) from Thailand, with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2937, 37–48.
  • Ross, E.S. (1982) Embioptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement, 11, 30–32.
  • Salisbury, A., Valkova, V., Reid, S. & Edgerly, J.S. (2019) Aposthonia ceylonica (Embioptera: Oligotomidae), the First Established Colony of a Webspinner to be Found in Britain. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 32(1), 35–41.
  • Stokes, G.Y., DiCicco, E.N., Moore, T.J., Cheng, V.C., Wheeler, K.Y., Soghigian, J., Barber, R.P., Jr. & Edgerly, J.S. (2018) Structural and wetting properties of nature's finest silks (order Embioptera). Royal Society Open Science, 5(180893), 1–13.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
species1023
subspecies1001