Oligotomidae
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| Oligotomidae | |
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| Haploembia solieri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Embioptera |
| Family: | Oligotomidae |
Oligotomidae is a family of webspinners in the order Embioptera. There are about 6 genera and at least 40 described species in Oligotomidae.[1][2][3][4]
They are known to be found in warmer regions of the Old World and in the Southwestern United States.[5]
These six genera belong to the family Oligotomidae:[2][3][4]
- Aposthonia Krauss, 1911
- Aposthonia ceylonica, native to South-East Asia, found to be present in the UK in 2019.[6]
- Bulbosembia Ross, 2007
- Eosembia Ross, 2007
- Haploembia Verhoeff, 1904
- Lobosembia Ross, 2007
- Oligotoma Westwood, 1837
- †Litoclostes Engel & Huang, 2016
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