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]
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| Omalisus fontisbellaquaei | |
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| 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
References
- 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.
- M.A. Branham, J.W. Wenzel (2001) The evolution of bioluminescence in cantharoids (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) The Florida Entomologist 84(4):565-586.
- 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.