Sinembiidae is an extinct family of webspinners in the order

Embioptera The order Embioptera, commonly known as webspinners or footspinners, are a small group of mostly tropical and subtropical insects, classified under the subclass Pterygota. The order has also been called Embiodea or Embiidina. More than 400 spe ...

. There are at least two genera and two described species in Sinembiidae.

Genera

These two genera belong to the family Sinembiidae: * † '' Juraembia'' Huang & Nel, 2009 * † '' Sinembia'' Huang & Nel, 2009 Both were discovered in the

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, and described in 2009. The female of ''Juraembia ningchengensis'' had wings, supporting Ross's proposal that both sexes of ancestral Embioptera were winged.

References

Embioptera Prehistoric insect families {{Paleo-insect-stub