Ommatidae

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Family of beetles

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::summary Family of beetles ::

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The Ommatidae are a family of beetles in the suborder Archostemata. The Ommatidae are considered the extant beetle family that has most ancestral characteristics. There are only seven extant species, confined to Australia and South America. However, the geographical distribution was much wider during the Mesozoic spanning across Eurasia and Australia, suggesting that they were widespread on Pangea. So far, over 26 extinct genera containing over 170 species of these beetles have been described. Three extant genera have been assigned to this family: Omma, Tetraphalerus and Beutelius. The family is considered to be a subfamily of Cupedidae by some authors, but have been found to be more closely related to Micromalthidae in molecular phylogenies. A close relationship with Micromalthidae is supported by several morphological characters, including those of the mandibles and male genitalia. Due to their rarity, their ecology is obscure, it is likely that their larvae feed on deadwood.

Genera

According to Kirejtshuk, 2020 and subsequent literature.

Extinct genera

  • †Allophalerus Kirejtshuk, 2020 – Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous (Asia)
  • †Asiania Lee et al., 2023 – Early Cretaceous (South Korea)
  • †Blapsium Westwood, 1854 – Middle Jurassic (England)
  • †Brochocoleus Hong, 1982 – Early Jurassic-Late Cretaceous (Eurasia)
  • †Bukhkalius Kirejtshuk and Jarzembowski, 2020 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)
  • †Burmocoleus Kirejtshuk, 2020 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)
  • †Cionocoleus Ren, 1995 – Middle Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (Eurasia)
  • †Cionocups Kirejtshuk, 2020 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)
  • †Clessidromma Jarzembowski et al., 2017 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)
  • †Diluticupes Ren, 1995 – Middle Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (Eurasia)
  • †Echinocups Kirejtshuk and Jarzembowski, 2020 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) (other authors consider this genus a junior synonym of Notocupes)
  • †?Eurydictyon Ponomarenko, 1969 – Early Jurassic (Kyrgyzstan) (possibly closely related to Notocupes)
  • †Jarzembowskiops Kirejtshuk, 2020 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)
  • †Kirejtomma Li and Cai, 2021 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)
  • †Lepidomma Jarzembowski et al., 2019 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)
  • †Liassocupes Zeuner, 1962 – Early Jurassic (England)
  • †Limnomma Li and Cai in Li et al., 2021 – Middle Jurassic (China)
  • †Lithocupes Ponomarenko, 1966 – Late Triassic (Kyrgyzstan)
  • †Miniomma Li, Yamamoto and Cai, 2020 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)
  • †Monticupes Ren, 1995 – Middle Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (China)
  • †?Notocupes Ponomarenko, 1964 – Middle Triassic-Late Cretaceous (Eurasia) (other authors have considered this genus more closely related to Cupedidae)
  • †?Notocupoides Ponomarenko, 1966 – Late Triassic (Kyrgyzstan) (possibly closely related to Notocupes)
  • †Odontomma Ren et al., 2006 – Early Cretaceous (China)
  • †Paraodontomma Yamamoto, 2017 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)
  • †Pareuryomma Tan et al., 2012 – Early Cretaceous (China)
  • †Polyakius Kirejtshuk, 2020 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)
  • †?Rhabdocupes Ponomarenko, 1966 – Late Triassic (Kyrgyzstan) (possibly closely related to Notocupes)
  • †Rhopalomma Ashman et al., 2015 – Late Jurassic (Australia)
  • †Stegocoleus Jarzembowski and Wang, 2016 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)
  • †Tetraphalerites Crowson, 1962 – Eocene (England)
  • †Zygadenia Handlirsch, 1906 – Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (Eurasia, ?Australia) (probably closely related to Notocupes)

Extant genera

  • Omma Newman, 1839 – Late Triassic-Late Cretaceous (Eurasia), recent (Australia)
  • Tetraphalerus Waterhouse, 1901 – Middle Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (Asia) recent (South America)
  • Beutelius Escalona et al., 2020 – Recent (Australia)

The extinct genus Fuscicupes Hong and Wang 1990 was included in the family by some authors, but was excluded by Kirejtshuk (2020).

Gallery

File:Clessidromma.jpg|Clessidromma File:Limnomma daohugouense holotype.jpg|Limnomma File:Bukhkalius.jpg|Bukhkalius File:Paraodontomma szwedoi.jpg|Paraodontomma File:Paraodontomma leptocristatum.jpg|Paraodontomma File:Miniomma 2.png|Miniomma File:Beutelius sagitta.jpg|Beutelius sagitta File:CSIRO ScienceImage 2199 An Ommatid Beetle.jpg|Beutelius rutherfordi

References

References

  1. "Australian Faunal Directory". [[Department of the Environment and Energy]].
  2. (2011). "The male postabdomen of the "ancestral" archostematan beetle Tetraphalerus bruchi Heller, 1913 (Ommatidae) and its phylogenetic significance". Arthropod Structure & Development.
  3. (2017). "A new genus of Brochocoleini beetle in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)". Cretaceous Research.
  4. (2022-09-01). "Overview of and taphonomic bias in Archostemata (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Cretaceous amber". Palaeontographica Abteilung A.
  5. "Ommatidae Species List". Texas A&M University.
  6. (2019-12-03). "The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
  7. Hörnschemeyer, Thomas. (July 2009). "The species-level phylogeny of archostematan beetles-where do Micromalthus debilis and Crowsoniella relicta belong?". Systematic Entomology.
  8. Adam., Slipinski. (2020). "Australian Beetles Volume 2 : Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part).". CSIRO Publishing.
  9. Kirejtshuk, Alexander G.. (2020-02-17). "Taxonomic Review of Fossil Coleopterous Families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea". Geosciences.
  10. (2023-10-30). "Cretaceous beetles of the Jinju Formation (Coleoptera): Archostemata". Palaeoentomology.
  11. (2023). "New species of ''Notocupes'' (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou beds, with discussion on the generic circumscription". Palaeoentomology.
  12. (2023-08-22). "Mesozoic Notocupes revealed as the sister group of Cupedidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata)". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

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