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.

==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 (Saussure, 1896) Oligotoma inaequalis Banks, 1924 Oligotoma insularis McLachlan, 1877 Oligotoma josephii Bradoo, 1971 Oligotoma mandibulata Ross, 1948 Oligotoma maritima Ross, 1948 Oligotoma michaeli McLachlan, 1877 Oligotoma nigra Hagen, 1885 Oligotoma oculata Ross, 1948 Oligotoma saundersii (Westwood, 1837) Oligotoma tillyardi Davis, 1936 Oligotoma ubicki Ross, 2007