Zoraptera

Zoropterans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Subclass: Pterogota Infraclass: Neoptera Order: Zoraptera Family: Zoraptidae Genus: Zorotypus
Speciess
Zorotypus barberi Zorotypus brasiliensis Zorotypus buxtoni Zorotypus caudelli Zorotypus ceylonicus Zorotypus congensis Zorotypus cramptoni Zorotypus delamarei Zorotypus guineensis Zorotypus gurneyi Zorotypus hamiltoni Zorotypus hubbardi Zorotypus huxleyi Zorotypus javanicus Zorotypus juninensis Zorotypus lawrencei Zorotypus leleupi Zorotypus longicercatus Zorotypus manni Zorotypus medoensis Zorotypus mexicanus Zorotypus neotropicus Zorotypus newi Zorotypus philippinensis Zorotypus shannoni Zorotypus silvestrii Zorotypus sinensis Zorotypus snyderi Zorotypus swezeyi Zorotypus weidneri Zorotypus vinsoni Zorotypus zimmermani

The 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. Although zorapterans have four wings, both sexes have winged and wingless forms, with the wingless forms lacking eyes. They have 9-segmented moniliform antennae.