Oligotoma

Oligotoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Embiidina
Family: Oligotomidae
Genus: Oligotoma
Westwood 1837[1]
Species

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Oligotoma is a genus of webspinners, insects in the order Embiidina, also known as Embioptera.[1] The type species is Oligotoma saundersii and the type locality the Indian subcontinent.[2] The males have wings but the females are flightless. Embiids are recognisable by the enlarged front tarsi, which contain a large number of silk glands that they use to spin the threads they use for building the tubes and galleries in which they live.[3]

Species

The Embioptera Species File lists the following species:-[2]

  • Oligotoma albertisi Navás, 1930
  • Oligotoma approximans Davis, 1938
  • Oligotoma aurea Ross, 1948
  • Oligotoma brunnea Ross, 1948
  • Oligotoma burmana Ross, 2007
  • Oligotoma davisi Ross, 1948
  • Oligotoma dharwariana Bradoo, 1971
  • Oligotoma falcis Ross, 1943
  • Oligotoma glauerti Tillyard, 1923
  • Oligotoma greeniana Enderlein, 1912
  • Oligotoma gurneyi Froggatt, 1904
  • Oligotoma hollandia Ross, 1948
  • Oligotoma humbertiana (Saussure, 1896)
  • Oligotoma inaequalis Banks, 1924
  • Oligotoma insularis McLachlan, 1877
  • Oligotoma josephii Bradoo, 1971
  • Oligotoma mandibulata Ross, 1948
  • Oligotoma maritima Ross, 1948
  • Oligotoma michaeli McLachlan, 1877
  • Oligotoma nigra Hagen, 1885
  • Oligotoma oculata Ross, 1948
  • Oligotoma saundersii (Westwood, 1837)
  • Oligotoma tillyardi Davis, 1936
  • Oligotoma ubicki Ross, 2007

References

  1. 1 2 "Genus Oligotoma". bugguide.net. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Genus Oligotoma Westwood 1837". Embioptera Species File. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Poolprasert, Pisit (2012). "The Embiopteran Genus Oligotoma Westwood, 1837 (Embioptera: Oligotomidae), with Three New Recorded Species from Thailand". Kasertsart Journal (Natural Science). 46 (3): 408–417.
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