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Species Oligotoma saundersii - Saunders' Webspinner

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Embiidina (Webspinners)
Family Oligotomidae
Genus Oligotoma
Species saundersii (Saunders' Webspinner)
Explanation of Names
Oligotoma saundersii (Westwood 1837)
Identification
Similar to O. nigra but a bit lighter in color and with a yellowish tinge, esp. near leg joints. In O. saundersii males, the head tends to be darker than the rest of the body (in O. nigra the whole insect is uniformly black). Females and nymphs ID'd by association with identified males. (S.D. Rider's comments)
Male -- Female -- Nymph
Range
FL-TX-FL - Map (1)(Rider 2009); native to so. Asia, now widespread in the tropics globally
Life Cycle
eggs almost completely covered with chewed substrate and also possibly fecula

more in Rider (2009)
Internet References
Life History and Behavior of the Embiopteran Oligotoma saundersii (Westwood, 1837) - S. D. Rider, Jr. 2009 (Full PDF)
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 7 June, 2009 - 9:24pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov, Harsi S. Parker, PaleoJon
Last updated 15 November, 2020 - 2:36pm

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