Ommatidae
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| Ommatidae Temporal range: Bathonian–Recent |
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| Omma stanleyi, an extant species | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Archostemata |
| Family: | Ommatidae Sharp & Muir, 1912 |
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The Ommatidae are a family of beetles in the suborder Archostemata.[1] The Ommatidae are considered[citation needed] the extant beetle family that has most ancestral characteristics. Extant species of this group only occur in Australia and South America, but the geographical distribution was much wider during the Mesozoic. So far, 13 extinct genera containing over 100 species of these beetles have been described.[2] Two extant genera have been assigned to this family: Omma and Tetraphalerus.[3]
- Brochocoleus Hong, 1982
- Cionocoleus Ren, 1995
- Eurydictyon Ponomarenko, 1969
- Fuscicupes Hong & Wang, 1990
- Lithocupes Ponomarenko, 1966
- Notocupoides Ponomarenko, 1966
- Omma Newman, 1839, extant
- Rhabdocupes Ponomarenko, 1966
- Tetraphalerus Waterhouse, 1901, extant
- Zygadenia Handlirsch, 1906
References[edit]
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory". environment.gov.au.
- ^ Tan, Jingjing; Wang, Yongjie; Ren, Dong; Yang, Xingke (2012). "New fossil species of ommatids (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the Middle Mesozoic of China illuminating the phylogeny of Ommatidae". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2012 (12): 113. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-113.
- ^ Ommatidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 11 May 2012.
External links[edit]
- Wikispecies:Ommatidae
- Ommatidae Tree of Life
