Oligotoma saundersii ( Westwood 1837 )

Lucañas, Cristian C. & Lit, Ireneo L., 2018, Oligotomidae (Insecta: Embioptera) of Mt. Makiling, Los Baños, Philippines, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4415 (1), pp. 173-182 : 179-180

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4415.1.9

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5958130

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scientific name

Oligotoma saundersii ( Westwood 1837 )
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Species Oligotoma saundersii ( Westwood 1837) View in CoL

Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4

Embia (Oligotoma) saundersii Westwood 1837: 373 View in CoL (Holotype: East India, Oxford University Museum of Natural University ).

Embia latreillii Rambur 1842: 312 .

Oligotoma latreillei (Rambur) Enderlein 1910: 56 ; Mukerji 1935: 8; Menon and George 1936:90; Davis 1939: 183.

Oligotoma insularis M’Lachlan 1883: 227 View in CoL ; Davis 1939: 183.

Oligotoma cubana Hagen 1885: 141 View in CoL ; Davis 1939: 183.

Embia hova Saussure 1896: 354 View in CoL .

Oligotoma hova (Saussure) Krauss 1911: 38 View in CoL .

Embia bramina Sassure 1896: 352 View in CoL .

Oligotoma bramina (Saussure) Krauss 1911: 37 View in CoL ; Davis 1939: 184.

Oligotoma rochai Navas 1917: 28 View in CoL ; Krauss 1917: 316.

Oligotoma inaequalis Banks 1924: 421 View in CoL ; Davis 1939: 184.

Oligotoma saundersi (Westwood) : Burmeister 1839: 770; Davis 1939: 181. Davis 1942: 119; Ross 1940: 668; Ross 1944: 495; Bradoo 1971: 264; Ross 1984: 48; Ross 2006: 344; Poolprasert 2012: 411; Chandra and Dawn 2014: 1565.

Material examined. 3 males, 3 females, Philippines: Luzon, Los Baños, Laguna, on Pterocarpus indicus Willd. , 27-vi-2014 (C. C. Lucañas UPLBMNH EMB-00011 ♂); on Cassia fistula L., 25- vi-2014 (C. C. Lucañas UPLBMNH EMB-00012 ♂ - 13♀); on Araucaria heterophylla (Salisb.) Franco , 25-vi-2014 (C. C. Lucañas UPLBMNH EMB-00014 ♀); on Vitex parviflora Juss. , 25-vi-2014 (C. C. Lucañas UPLBMNH EMB-00015 ♂ - 16♀)

Distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from males of other species by the sickle-shaped LPPT.

Description. Size (mm): ♂: BL: 7.7 ± 0.26; HL× HW: 1.2 ± 0.12 × 0.9 ± 0.06; OR: 0.40 ± 0.01; FW: 5.6 ± 0.46; HW: 4.3 ± 0.23. ♀: BL: 8.9 ± 0.5; HL × HW: 1.3 ± 0.06 × 1.1 ± 0.17.

Alate male ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 ) generally dark brown-black. Head dark brown. Eyes medium-sized, slightly protruding beyond head capsule. Antennae filiform, covered with setae. Submentum trapezoidal, anterior margin convex, edges slightly rounded ( Fig. 4C View FIGURE 4 ). Terminalia ( Figure 4 View FIGURE 4 E-F): LCB projecting as a narrow rounded lobe and surrounding base of LC. 10LP tapering, basally constricted, medially broad. 10RP narrow, elongate, distally truncate. H broad basally, narrowing to a slightly recurved HP. LPPT sickle-shaped.

Female ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ) generally black. Hind basitarsus with single papilla. Sternite 8 with two oblique caudally converging lines ( Fig. 4G View FIGURE 4 ). Sternite 9 with small unpigmented inverted triangle ( Fig. 4G View FIGURE 4 ).

Remarks: Like O. humbertiana , O. saundersii has been anthropogenically introduced to numerous countries ( Ross 1955). Ross (1984) stated that O. saundersii is the most widespread webspinner and may be found in all warm regions, especially near urban areas.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Embioptera

Family

Oligotomidae

Genus

Oligotoma

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Oligotoma saundersii ( Westwood 1837 )

Lucañas, Cristian C. & Lit, Ireneo L. 2018
2018
Loc

Embia (Oligotoma) saundersii

Westwood 1837 : 373
Loc

Embia latreillii

Rambur 1842 : 312
Loc

Oligotoma latreillei (Rambur) Enderlein 1910 : 56

Enderlein 1910 : 56
Mukerji 1935 : 8
Menon and George 1936 :90
Davis 1939 : 183
Loc

Oligotoma insularis M’Lachlan 1883: 227

Davis 1939 : 183
Loc

Oligotoma cubana

Hagen 1885 : 141
Davis 1939 : 183
Loc

Embia hova

Saussure 1896 : 354
Loc

Oligotoma hova (Saussure) Krauss 1911 : 38

Krauss 1911 : 38
Loc

Embia bramina

Sassure 1896 : 352
Loc

Oligotoma bramina (Saussure)

Krauss 1911 : 37
Davis 1939 : 184
Loc

Oligotoma rochai

Navas 1917 : 28
Krauss 1917 : 316
Loc

Oligotoma inaequalis

Banks 1924 : 421
Davis 1939 : 184
Loc

Oligotoma saundersi

Burmeister 1839 : 770
Davis 1939 : 181
Davis 1942 : 119
Ross 1940 : 668
Ross 1944 : 495
Bradoo 1971 : 264
Ross 1984 : 48
Ross 2006 : 344
Poolprasert 2012 : 411
Chandra and Dawn 2014 : 1565
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