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

Omaliini
Acrolocha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Omaliinae
Tribe: Omaliini
MacLeay, W. S., 1825

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]

Phloeonomus laesicollis

Genera edit

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 edit

  1. ^ "Omaliini MacLeay, W. S., 1825 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  2. ^ SHAVRIN, ALEXEY V. (2017-03-23). "New species and records of Omaliini from East Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae)". Zootaxa. 4247 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.14. ISSN 1175-5334.
  3. ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  4. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  5. ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  6. ^ "Omaliini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.

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