| Oligotomidae | |
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| Haploembia solieri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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.
They are known to be found in warmer regions of the Old World and in the Southwestern United States.
Genera
These six genera belong to the family Oligotomidae:
- Aposthonia Krauss, 1911
- Aposthonia ceylonica, native to South-East Asia, found to be present in the UK in 2019.
- Bulbosembia Ross, 2007
- Eosembia Ross, 2007
- Haploembia Verhoeff, 1904
- Lobosembia Ross, 2007
- Oligotoma Westwood, 1837
- †Litoclostes Engel & Huang, 2016
References
- "Oligotomidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ "Oligotomidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ "Oligotomidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ "Browse Oligotomidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- Eric Tentarelli (2012). A Guide to Insects. Blackwell. p. 263.
- Briggs, Helen (27 February 2019). "Webspinners: New order of insects sets up home in UK". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Borror, Donald J.; Peterson, Roger Tory; White, Richard E. (1998). A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0395911709.
- Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology. Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-40366-8.
- Kellogg, Vernon L. (1905). American insects. H. Holt.
- Maehr, M.D.; Eades, D.C. (2013). "Embioptera Species File Online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- Majka, C. (2009). "Thomas L. Casey and Rhode Island". ZooKeys (22): 267–283. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.93.
- Misof, B.; Liu, S.; Meusemann, K.; Peters, R.S.; et al. (2014). "Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution". Science. 346 (6210): 763–767. doi:10.1126/science.1257570. PMID 25378627. S2CID 36008925.
- Ross, Edward S. (1984). "A synopsis of the Embiidina of the United States". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 86 (1): 82–93. ISBN 90-5782-035-8.
- Ross, Edward S. (1970). "Biosystematics of the Embioptera". Annual Review of Entomology. 15 (1): 157–172. doi:10.1146/annurev.en.15.010170.001105.
- Ross, Edward S. (1944). "A revision of the Embioptera, or web-spinners, of the New World". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 94 (3175): 401–504, 151 figs., 2 pls. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.94-3175.401.
- Szumik, Claudia A. (1996). "The higher classification of the order Embioptera: a cladistic analysis". Cladistics. 12 (1): 41–64. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1996.tb00192.x.
External links
Media related to Oligotomidae at Wikimedia Commons
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