Zoraptera

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Zoropterans | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | subphylum = Hexapoda | classis = Insecta | subclassis = Pterogota | ordo = Zoraptera | ordo_authority = Silvestri, 1913 | familia = Zoraptidae | genus = Zorotypus | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 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. Under good conditions it is the blind and wingless form that dominates, but if their surroundings become too tough, they produce offspring which develop into winged adults with eyes. This form is used as a way to spread to new places where they can live. They have 9-segmented moniliform antennae.de:Bodenläuse fr:Zoraptera no:Jordlus