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Saunders Embiid

Oligotoma saundersii (Westwood, 1837)

Status not recordedinsects

The saunders embiid (Oligotoma saundersii) is a species in the family Oligotomidae, order Embioptera.

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Quick facts about the saunders embiid

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the saunders embiid live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the saunders embiid as introduced in 5 countries.

  1. Canary Islands
  2. Costa Rica
  3. Ecuador
  4. South Africa
  5. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the saunders embiid endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the saunders embiid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderEmbioptera
  5. familyOligotomidae
  6. genusOligotoma
  7. SpeciesOligotoma saundersii (Westwood, 1837)

Synonyms Embia bramina, Embia hova, Embia saundersii, Oligotoma bramina, Oligotoma cubana, Oligotoma hova, Oligotoma inaequalis, Oligotoma insularis, Oligotoma rochai

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Saunders' webspinnerEnglish
  • シロアリモドキJapanese
  • 흰개미붙이Korean
  • 平凡等尾足絲蟻Chinese
  • ホソシロアリモドキJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the saunders embiid

Other species in the same genus Oligotoma.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the saunders embiid an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the saunders embiid as introduced in 5 countries: Canary Islands, Costa Rica, Ecuador, South Africa and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the saunders embiid?

The saunders embiid (Oligotoma saundersii) belongs to the family Oligotomidae in the order Embioptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Saunders Embiid (Oligotoma saundersii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/saunders-embiid

MLA

“Saunders Embiid (Oligotoma saundersii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/saunders-embiid.

BibTeX
@misc{saunders_embiid_2026,
  title = {Saunders Embiid (Oligotoma saundersii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/saunders-embiid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}