Biology:Miniomma

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Short description: Extinct genus of beetles

Miniomma
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Miniomma 1.jpg
Miniomma chenkuni under normal and fluorescent light
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ommatidae
Genus: Miniomma
Li, Yamamoto & Cai, 2020
Species:
M. chenkuni
Binomial name
Miniomma chenkuni
Li, Yamamoto & Cai, 2020
Paratypes

Miniomma is an extinct genus of ommatid beetle. It is known from a single species, Miniomma chenkuni, from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber from Myanmar. The species is the smallest known ommatid, at less than 2 mm long, compared to Omma, which ranges in length from 6 to 26 mm.[1]

References

  1. Li, Yan-Da; Yamamoto, Shûhei; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (2020-11-17). "A miniaturized ommatid beetle in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)" (in en). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60: e20206063. doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.63. ISSN 1807-0205. https://www.revistas.usp.br/paz/article/view/174424. 

Wikidata ☰ Q102797552 entry