Ommatidae

Ommatidae
Temporal range: Bathonian–Recent
Omma stanleyi, an extant species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Archostemata
Family: Ommatidae
Sharp & Muir, 1912

The Ommatidae are a family of beetles in the suborder Archostemata.[1] The Ommatidae are considered the extant beetle family that has most ancestral characteristics.[2] 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.[3] Two extant genera have been assigned to this family: Omma and Tetraphalerus.[4]

Genera

Extinct genera

Extant genera

References

  1. ↑ "Australian Faunal Directory". environment.gov.au.
  2. ↑ Frank Hünefeld; et al. (2011), "The male postabdomen of the "ancestral" archostematan beetle Tetraphalerus bruchi Heller, 1913 (Ommatidae) and its phylogenetic significance", Arthropod Structure & Development, 40 (2): 146–158, doi:10.1016/j.asd.2010.12.003
  3. ↑ 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. 12: 113. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-113. PMC 3518168. PMID 22776212.
  4. ↑ Ommatidae Species List Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 11 May 2012.
  • Data related to Ommatidae at Wikispecies
  • Ommatidae Tree of Life
  • "Ommatida". Atlas of Living Australia.
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