Omalisinae
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| Omalisus fontisbellaquaei | |
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| Family: | Omalisidae Lacordaire, 1857
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Omalisidae are a very small family of beetles within the superfamily Elateroidea. Members of this beetle family have bioluminescent organs on the larvae, though not the adults.[1] The most recent evidence indicates they are the sister group to a clade comprising the families Rhagophthalmidae and Phengodidae (glowworm beetles).[2]
Species
- Genus Omalisus Geoffroy, 1762
- Omalisus flavangulus (Spåth, 1898)
- Omalisus fontisbellaquaei Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785
- Omalisus graecus (Pic, 1901)
- Omalisus minutus (Pic, 1938)
- Omalisus nicaeensis (Lesne, 1921)
- Omalisus nigricornis (Reitter, 1881)
- Omalisus sanguinipennis (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840)
- Omalisus taurinensis (Baudi, 1871)
- Omalisus unicolor (Costa, 1857)
- Omalisus victoris (Mulsant, 1852)
- Genus Thilmanus Baudi, 1872
- Thilmanus longipennis Pic, 1912
- Thilmanus obscurus Baudi, 1872
References
- ^ M.A. Branham, J.W. Wenzel (2001) The evolution of bioluminescence in cantharoids (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). The Florida Entomologist 84(4):565-586.
- ^ L. Bocak, M. Motyka, M. Bocek, M. Bocakova (2018) Incomplete sclerotization and phylogeny: The phylogenetic classification of Plastocerus (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0194026
Omalisidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 15 Jul 2011.