Category
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Oligotomidae
Oligotomidae is a family of webspinners in the order Embioptera. There are about 6 genera and at least 40 described species in Oligotomidae.

Oligotoma saundersii
species of insect
Aposthonia
Aposthonia is a genus of webspinners of the family Oligotomidae. The genus was described by Krauss in 1911.
==Species==
Species of this genus include

Oligotoma
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.
Oligotoma nigra
species of insect

Aposthonia ceylonica
species of insect