Haploembia tarsalis or the pink webspinner is a species of webspinner in the family Oligotomidae. It is originally from the Mediterranean, but was introduced to California before the 20th Century. H. tarsalis reproduces asexually through parthenogenesis, and only females are known. Adults are wingless, between 8–11 mm in length, and vary in color from pale orange to black. They live in silk tunnels that they spin in soil, leaf litter, and under stones and other debris.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Embioptera |
| Family: | Oligotomidae |
| Genus: | Haploembia |
| Species: | H. tarsalis
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| Haploembia tarsalis (Ross, 1940)
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References
edit- ^ Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 109. ISBN 9780520288744.
- ^ Büsse, Sebastian; Hörnschemeyer, Thomas; Hohu, Kyle; McMillan, David; Edgerly, Janice S. (2015-05-07). "The spinning apparatus of webspinners – functional-morphology, morphometrics and spinning behaviour". Scientific Reports. 5 (1): 9986. Bibcode:2015NatSR...4E9986B. doi:10.1038/srep09986. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 4423565. PMID 25950122.