Oligotoma
| Oligotoma | |
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| Oligotoma sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Embioptera |
| Family: | Oligotomidae |
| Genus: | Oligotoma Westwood 1837[1] |
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Oligotoma is a genus of webspinners, insects in the order Embioptera, also known as Embiidina.[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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b "Genus Oligotoma". bugguide.net. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Genus Oligotoma Westwood 1837". Embioptera Species File. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ 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.