Oligotomidae Explained

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]

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.^[6]
• Bulbosembia Ross, 2007
• Eosembia Ross, 2007
• Haploembia Verhoeff, 1904
• Lobosembia Ross, 2007
• Oligotoma Westwood, 1837
• Litoclostes Engel & Huang, 2016

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd Edition. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Book: Borror. Donald J.. Peterson. Roger Tory. White. Richard E.. 1998. A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin. 978-0395911709. registration.
• Book: Gillott. Cedric. 1980. Entomology. Plenum Press. 0-306-40366-8. registration.
• Book: Kellogg . Vernon L.. 1905. American insects. H. Holt.
• Web site: 2018-03-05. Maehr . M.D.. Eades . D.C.. 2013. Embioptera Species File Online, Version 5.0.
• Majka . C.. 2009. Thomas L. Casey and Rhode Island. ZooKeys. 22. 267–283. 10.3897/zookeys.22.93. free.
• Misof . B.. Liu . S.. Meusemann . K.. Peters . R.S.. Donath . A.. Mayer . C.. Frandsen . P.B.. Ware . J.. Flouri . T.. Beutel . R.G.. Niehuis . O.. Petersen . M.. Izquierdo-Carrasco . F.. Wappler . T.. Rust . J.. Aberer . A.J.. Aspöck . U.. Aspöck . H.. Bartel . D.. Blanke . A.. Berger . S.. Böhm . A.. Buckley . T.R.. Calcott . B.. Chen . J.. Friedrich . F.. Fukui . M.. Fujita . M.. Greve . C.. Grobe . P.. Gu . S.. Huang . Y.. Jermiin . L.S.. Kawahara . A.Y.. Krogmann . L.. Kubiak . M.. Lanfear . R.. Letsch . H.. Li . Y.. Li . Z.. Li . J.. Lu . H.. Machida . R.. Mashimo . Y.. Kapli . P.. McKenna . D.D.. Meng . G.. Nakagaki . Y.. Navarrete-Heredia . J.L.. Ott . M.. Ou . Y.. Pass . G.. Podsiadlowski . L.. Pohl . H.. von Reumont . B.M.. Schütte . K.. Sekiya . K.. Shimizu . S.. Slipinski . A.. Stamatakis . A.. Song . W.. Su . X.. Szucsich . N.U.. Tan . M.. Tan . X.. Tang . M.. Tang . J.. Timelthaler . G.. Tomizuka . S.. Trautwein . M.. Tong . X.. Uchifune . T.. Walzl . M.G.. Wiegmann . B.M.. Wilbrandt . J.. Wipfler . B.. Wong . T.K.. Wu . Q.. Wu . G.. Xie . Y.. Yang . S.. Yang . Q.. Yeates . D.K.. Yoshizawa . K.. Zhang . Q.. Zhang . R.. Zhang . W.. Zhang . Y.. Zhao . J.. Zhou . C.. Zhou . L.. Ziesmann . T.. Zou . S.. Li . Y.. Xu . X.. Zhang . Y.. Yang . H.. Wang . J.. Wang . J.. Kjer . K.M.. Zhou . X.. 4. 2014. Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution. Science. 346 . 6210. 763–767. 10.1126/science.1257570 . 25378627. 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. 90-5782-035-8.
• Ross . Edward S.. 1970. Biosystematics of the Embioptera. Annual Review of Entomology. 15 . 1. 157–172. 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. 10.5479/si.00963801.94-3175.401. free.
• Szumik . Claudia A.. 1996. The higher classification of the order Embioptera: a cladistic analysis. Cladistics. 12 . 1. 41–64. 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1996.tb00192.x. free.

External links

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oligotomidae Family Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-03-05.
2. Web site: Oligotomidae Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-03-05.
3. Web site: Oligotomidae Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-03-05.
4. Web site: Browse Oligotomidae. Catalogue of Life. 2018-03-05.
5. Book: A Guide to Insects . Eric Tentarelli . 2012 . Blackwell . 263.
6. News: Briggs . Helen . Webspinners: New order of insects sets up home in UK . 2 March 2019 . . . 27 February 2019.