Genus Oligotoma

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Embioptera webbing pomegranate - Oligotoma nigra - female

Black Webspinner - Oligotoma nigra - male

Saunders' Embiid - Oligotoma saundersii - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Embiidina (Webspinners)

Family Oligotomidae

Genus Oligotoma

Explanation of Names

Oligotoma Westwood 1837

Greek oligos 'few' + tomos 'section' (refers to a small number of segments --unclear of what part)

Numbers

2 spp. in our area (both adventive), 24 spp. total(1)

Range

warmer regions of the Old World; in our area, O. nigra sw. US (TX-CA-UT), O. saundersii FL-TX(1)

Print References

Westwood. 1837. Characters of Embia, a genus of insects allied to the white ants (Termites); with descriptions of the species of which it is composed. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond.) 17:369-374.

Works Cited

1.	Ross E.S. () World list of extant and fossil Embiidina (=Embioptera)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 27 October, 2005 - 10:51pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 15 November, 2020 - 2:28pm

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