Omalisinae

The Omalisinae (formerly family Omalisidae)[1] are a small subfamily of morphologically derived elaterid beetles. The Omalisinae were long considered an independent family in the deprecated family Cantharoidea (more closely related to soft-bodied beetles like fireflies, than click beetles), and later a family in the Elateroidea, but molecular phylogenies have demonstrated the morphological similarity of Omalisinae to other soft bodied beetles is a case of parallel evolution (homoplasy) of their soft bodies, rather than an apomorphy. Members of this beetle subfamily have been reported to have bioluminescent organs on the larvae[2], although no recent publications have confirmed this. Some recent evidence indicated they were the sister group to a clade comprising the families Rhagophthalmidae and Phengodidae (glowworm beetles)[3], however a more comprehensive phylogenetic analysis based on genome sequences strongly supported the Omalisinae as being contained within the Elateridae.[1]

Omalisinae
Omalisus fontisbellaquaei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Elateroidea
Family:
Elateridae
Subfamily:
Omalisinae

Lacordaire, 1857

Species
  • Genus Omalisus Geoffroy, 1762
    • Omalisus flavangulus (Spåth, 1898)
    • Omalisus fontisbellaquaei Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785
    • Omalisus graecus (Pic, 1901)
    • Omalisus minutus (Pic, 1938)
    • Omalisus nicaeensis (Lesne, 1921)
    • Omalisus nigricornis (Reitter, 1881)
    • Omalisus sanguinipennis (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840)
    • Omalisus taurinensis (Baudi, 1871)
    • Omalisus unicolor (Costa, 1857)
    • Omalisus victoris (Mulsant, 1852)
  • Genus Thilmanus Baudi, 1872
    • Thilmanus longipennis Pic, 1912
    • Thilmanus obscurus Baudi, 1872
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References
  1. Kusy, Dominik; Motyka, Michal; Bocek, Matej; Vogler, Alfried P.; Bocak, Ladislav (2018-11-20). "Genome sequences identify three families of Coleoptera as morphologically derived click beetles (Elateridae)". Scientific Reports. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 8 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-35328-0. ISSN 2045-2322.
  2. M.A. Branham, J.W. Wenzel (2001) The evolution of bioluminescence in cantharoids (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) The Florida Entomologist 84(4):565-586.
  3. L. Bocak, M. Motyka, M. Bocek, M. Bocakova (2018) Incomplete sclerotization and phylogeny: The phylogenetic classification of Plastocerus (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0194026

Omalisidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 15 Jul 2011.


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