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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Webspinners (Embiidina) » Oligotomidae » Oligotoma » Black Webspinner (Oligotoma nigra)

Species Oligotoma nigra - Black Webspinner

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Webspinner sexes compared - Oligotoma nigra - male sd ╬ - Oligotoma nigra San Diego Webspinner - Oligotoma nigra - male San Diego Webspinner - Oligotoma nigra - male Mystery Insect - Oligotoma nigra Mystery Insect - Oligotoma nigra - male Webspinner - Oligotoma nigra Oligotoma nigra - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Embiidina (Webspinners)
Family Oligotomidae
Genus Oligotoma
Species nigra (Black Webspinner)
Explanation of Names
Oligotoma nigra (Hagen 1866)
niger (L). 'black'
Size
>9 mm
Identification
most of body uniformly blackish or dark brownish; only males have wings
Range
sw. US (TX-CA-UT) - Map (1)(2); native to India, now widespread in the tropics globally
Habitat
winged males come to lights
Remarks
probably introduced to NA in the late 1800s in date palm cuttings from Egypt/Persian Gulf (Ross 1957)
See Also
O. saundersii is similar but doesn't currently occur west of TX
Print References
Hagen. 1885. Monograph of the Embidina. The Canadian Entomologist 17(9): 171-178.
Internet References
Texas Invasives (Bartelt 2011)(3)
Works Cited
1.Ross E.S. () World list of extant and fossil Embiidina (=Embioptera)
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Invasive insect database at texasinvasives.org
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 27 October, 2005 - 11:17pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 15 November, 2020 - 2:31pm

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