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Oligotoma

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Oligotoma
Oligotoma sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Genus Oligotoma". bugguide.net. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b "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.