Zorotypus from Los Bancos, Pichincha, Ecuador. Credit Graham Montgomery
Zorotypus from Los Bancos, Pichincha, Ecuador. Credit Graham Montgomery

Zorapterans

An obscure order with only around 35 known species principally in tropical regions, living in rotting wood and feeding mainly on fungal hyphae.

Zorotypus Credit Angal insect
Zorotypus sp Credit Angal insect

They have no common name, and live in small colonies, superficially resembling termites and Psocoptera, but they are probably the sister group of the Embioptera.

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