Biology:Omaliini

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Short description: Tribe of beetles

Omaliini
Acrolocha minuta (Olivier, 1795).png
Acrolocha
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Omaliinae
Tribe: Omaliini
MacLeay, W. S., 1825

Omaliini is a tribe of ocellate rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about 45 genera and 450 described species in Omaliini.[1]

The Omaliini tribe is diverse in terms of morphology and biotopic preferences, and species within this tribe can be found in all zoogeographic regions of the world. Recent research has discovered new species of the genera Acrolocha and Paraphloeostiba in Nepal and southern China.[2] File:Phloeonomus laesicollis 0107496 dorsal.tif

Genera

These 12 genera belong to the tribe Omaliini:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]

References

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q21216638 entry