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Ommatidae
The Ommatidae are a family of beetles in the suborder Archostemata. The Ommatidae are considered 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. Two extant genera have been assigned to this family: Omma and Tetraphalerus.
5 branches of this family, most-observed first
Ommatinae
subfamilyOmmatinae
Tetraphalerus
genusTetraphalerus
Zygadenia
genusZygadenia
Rhopalomma
genusRhopalomma
Tetraphalerinae
subfamilyTetraphalerinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 467297.