Miniomma Explained

Miniomma is an extinct genus of ommatid beetle. It is known from a single species, Miniomma chenkuni, from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber from Myanmar. The species is the smallest known ommatid, at less than 2 mm long, compared to Omma, which ranges in length from 6 to 26 mm.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Li. Yan-Da. Yamamoto. Shûhei. Huang. Di-Ying. Cai. Chen-Yang. 2020-11-17. A miniaturized ommatid beetle in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. en. 60. e20206063. 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.63. 1807-0205. free.