Species Oligotoma saundersii (Westwood, 1837)
- Embia (Oligotoma) saundersii Westwood, J.O. 1837. Characters of Embia, a genus of insects allied to the White Ants (Termites); with descriptions of the species of which it is composed. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London Zoology 17: 369-374 pl. II [373].
Type data:
Holotype OUM, Bengal (as East Ind.).Type locality references:
Hagen, H. 1885. Monograph of the Embidina. The Canadian Entomologist 17: 141-155, 171-178, 190-199, 206-229 [145]. - Embia latreillei Rambur, P. 1842. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Névroptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret xvii 534 pp. 12 pls. [312] [incorrect original spelling as Embia latreillii].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RIB (depository uncertain), Bombay, India, Madagascar (as l'île Maurice et de Madagascar); MNHP (depository uncertain), Bombay, India, Madagascar (as l'île Maurice et de Madagascar). - Oligotoma insularis McLachlan, R. 1883. Neuroptera of the Hawaiian Islands. I. Pseudoneuroptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 12: 226-240, 298-303 [227].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 3 specimens, Hawaiian Ils. - Oligotoma cubana Hagen, H. 1885. Monograph of the Embidina. The Canadian Entomologist 17: 141-155, 171-178, 190-199, 206-229 [141].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ ♂, Cuba. - Embia hova Saussure, H. de 1896. Note sur le tribu des Embiens. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 9 300–355. [354].
Type data:
Holotype GMNH, Madagascar. - Oligotoma rochai Navás, L. 1917. Neue Neuropteren. Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 6: 274-282 [281].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Ceará, Brazil. - Oligotoma inaequalis Banks, N. 1924. Descriptions of new neuropteroid insects. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 65: 421-455 4 pls [421].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ ♂, St Croix, West Indies.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Krauss, H.A. 1911. Monographie der Embien. Zoologica (New York) 60: 1-78 [38] (synonymy of Embia hova)
- Krauss, H.A. 1917. Ueber Embia rochai Navás (Emboidea). Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 6: 316-317 [316] (Oligotoma rochai as junior synonym of Oligotroma latreillei)
- Davis, C. 1940. Taxonomic notes on the order Embioptera. I. The genotype of Oligotoma Westwood. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 64: 181-190 [183, 184] (synonymy of Embia latreillei, Oligotoma cubana, Oligotoma insularis, Oligotoma inaequalis and Embia bramina )
- Cassis, G. 1998. Embioptera. pp. 377-392 in Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia Vol. 23 xiii 464 pp. [390-391] (Embia bramina not included as synonym of O. saundersii)
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Pacific.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
Ecological Descriptors
Nocturnal.
Extra Ecological Information
Synanthropic, common in semi-arid regions, associated with date palms in North America.
General References
Davis, C. 1936. Studies in Australian Embioptera. Part I. Systematics. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 61: 229-253 [243] (description, Oligotroma latreillei)
Davis, C. 1938. Studies in Australian Embioptera. Part III: Revision of the genus Metoligotoma, with descriptions of new species, and other notes on the family Oligotomidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 63: 226-272 [254] (female description, Oligotroma latreillei)
Davis, C. 1940. Taxonomic notes on the order Embioptera. XVIII. The genus Oligotoma Westwood. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 65: 362-387 [385] (key)
Ross, E.S. 1984. A classification of the Embiidina of Mexico. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 1984 140: 1-50
History of changes
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