See text Oligotoma is a genus of webspinners, insects in the order Embioptera, also known as Embiidina.

[1] The type species is Oligotoma saundersii and the type locality the Indian subcontinent.

[2] The males have wings but the females are flightless.

Embiids are recognisable by the enlarged front tarsi, which contain a large number of silk glands that they use to spin the threads they use for building the tubes and galleries in which they live.

[3] The Embioptera Species File lists the following species:-[2]