Biology:Oligotoma

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Short description: Genus of insects

Oligotoma
Oligotoma P1090422a.jpg
Oligotoma sp.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Embioptera
Family: Oligotomidae
Genus: Oligotoma
Westwood 1837[1]
Species

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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

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

Wikidata ☰ Q13604727 entry