Zoraptera

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Zorotypus barberiZorotypus brasiliensisZorotypus buxtoni

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Zorotypus caudelliZorotypus ceylonicusZorotypus congensis

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Zorotypus cramptoniZorotypus delamareiZorotypus guineensis

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Zorotypus gurneyiZorotypus hamiltoniZorotypus hubbardi

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Zorotypus huxleyiZorotypus javanicusZorotypus juninensis

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Zorotypus lawrenceiZorotypus leleupiZorotypus longicercatus

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Zorotypus manniZorotypus medoensisZorotypus mexicanus

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Zorotypus neotropicusZorotypus newiZorotypus philippinensis

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Zorotypus shannoniZorotypus silvestriiZorotypus sinensis

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Zorotypus snyderiZorotypus swezeyiZorotypus weidneri

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Zorotypus vinsoniZorotypus zimmermani

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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.

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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.

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

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