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Oligotoma Inaequalis
''Oligotoma'' is a genus of webspinners, insects in the order Embioptera, also known as Embiidina. The type species is '' Oligotoma saundersii'' and the type locality the Indian subcontinent. 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. Species The Embioptera Species File lists the following species:- *'' Oligotoma albertisi'' Navás, 1930 *'' Oligotoma approximans'' Davis, 1938 *'' Oligotoma aurea'' Ross, 1948 *'' Oligotoma brunnea'' Ross, 1948 *'' Oligotoma burmana'' Ross, 2007 *'' Oligotoma davisi'' Ross, 1948 *'' Oligotoma dharwariana'' Bradoo, 1971 *'' Oligotoma falcis'' Ross, 1943 *''Oligotoma glauerti'' Tillyard, 1923 *''Oligotoma greeniana'' Enderlein, 1912 *'' Oligotoma gurneyi'' Froggatt, 1904 *'' Oligotoma hollandia'' Ross, 1948 *'' Oligotoma humbertiana'' (Saussu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embioptera
The order (biology), order Embioptera, commonly known as webspinners or footspinners, are a small group of mostly Tropics, tropical and Subtropics, subtropical insects, classified under the Subclass (biology), subclass Pterygota. The order has also been called Embiodea or Embiidina. More than 400 species in 11 families have been described, the oldest known fossils of the group being from the mid-Jurassic. Species are very similar in appearance, having long, flexible bodies, short legs, and only males having wings. Webspinners are gregarious, living Sociality#Subsociality, subsocially in galleries of fine silk which they spin from glands on their forelegs. Members of these colonies are often related females and their offspring; adult males do not feed and die soon after mating. Males of some species have wings and are able to disperse, whereas the females remain near where they were hatched. Newly mated females may vacate the colony and found a new one nearby. Others may emerge t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
