Omethidae
Omethidae is a family of Elateroidea sometimes known as the false soldier beetles.[1]
| Omethidae | |
|---|---|
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| Blatchleya gracilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Elateroidea |
| Family: | Omethidae LeConte, 1861 |
Classification and taxonomy
There are some 40 species in 11 genera, divided into four subfamilies. Long-lipped beetles (Telegeusinae) were formerly treated as a family Telegeusidae but are most recently treated as a subfamily within Omethidae.[2][3] According to other recent studies, Phengodidae might possibly include (or be sister taxon to) the telegeusines.[4]
Subfamily Driloniinae
- Drilonius
Subfamily Matheteinae
Subfamily Omethinae
- Blatchleya
- Malthomethes
- Omethes
- Symphomethes
- Troglomethes
Subfamily Telegeusinae
- Pseudokarumia
- Pseudotelegeusis
- Telegeusis
References
- "Family Omethidae - False Soldier Beetles". BugGuide. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
- Kundrata R, Bocakova M, Bocak L. (2104) The comprehensive phylogeny of the superfamily Elateroidea (Coleoptera: Elateriformia). Mol Phylogenet Evol. 76:162-71. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.012.
- ROZA, André Silva; CONSTANTIN, Robert; MERMUDES, José Ricardo Miras. Pseudotelegeusis meloi sp. nov., the first Telegeusinae from Peru (Coleoptera: Omethidae, Telegeusinae). European Journal of Taxonomy, [S.l.], n. 580, nov. 2019. ISSN 2118-9773. Available at: <https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/809>. Date accessed: 06 dec. 2019. doi:https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.580.
- ZARAGOZA-CABALLERO & ZURITA-GARCÍA (2015) A preliminary study on the phylogeny of the family Phengodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zootaxa 3947: 527–542.
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