Oligotomidae sp.

Family: Oligotomidae
Order: Embioptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Description

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

Source: Wikipedia, article Oligotomidae sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.