Oligotoma
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| Oligotoma | |
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| Oligotoma sp. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Embioptera |
| Family: | Oligotomidae |
| Genus: | Oligotoma Westwood 1837[1] |
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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]