Omaliini Explained

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

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]

Genera

These 12 genera belong to the tribe Omaliini:

• Acrolocha Thomson, 1858

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• Acruliopsis Zerche, 2003

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• Carcinocephalus Bernhauer, 1904

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• Dropephylla Mulsant & Rey, 1880

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• Hapalaraea Thomson, 1858

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• Micralymma Westwood, 1838

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• Omalium Gravenhorst, 1802

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• Phloeonomus Heer, 1839

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• Phloeostiba Thomson, 1858

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• Phyllodrepa Thomson, 1859

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• Pycnoglypta Thomson, 1858

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• Xylodromus Heer, 1839

^{c g b}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Blatchley . W.S.. 1910. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub..
• Bouchard . Patrice. Bousquet . Yves. Davies . Anthony E.. Alonso-Zarazaga . Miguel A.. Lawrence . John F.. Lyal . Chris H. C.. Newton . Alfred F.. Reid . Chris A. M.. Schmitt . Michael. Ślipiński . S. Adam. Smith . Andrew B. T.. 4. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88. 1–972. 1313-2989. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807. 21594053. 3088472. free.
• Brunke . A.. Marshall . S.. 2011. Contributions to the faunistics and bionomics of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in northeastern North America: discoveries made through study of the University of Guelph Insect Collection, Ontario, Canada. ZooKeys. 75. 29–68. 10.3897/zookeys.75.767. 21594139. free . 3088045.
• Book: Crotch . G.R.. 1873. Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency. 10.5962/bhl.title.38811. free. 0665070772.
• Book: Evans . Arthur V.. Hogue . James N.. 2006. Field Guide to Beetles of California. University of California Press. 978-0520246577.
• Frank . J.H.. Ahn . K.J.. 2011. Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. ZooKeys. 107. 1–98. 10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. 22792029. 3392188. free.
• Klimaszewski . J.. McLean . J.. Chandler . D.. Savard . K.. Li . A.. 4. 2009. Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 2. ZooKeys. 22. 19–33. 10.3897/zookeys.22.177. free.
• Klimaszewski . J.. McLean . J.. Li . A.. Savard . K.. 2009. Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 1. ZooKeys. 22. 5–17. 10.3897/zookeys.22.86. free.
• Klimaszewski . Jan. Watt . J.Charles. 1997. Coleoptera: family-group review and keys to identification. Fauna of New Zealand. 37.
• Book: Lawrence . J.F.. Newton Jr. . A.F.. Pakaluk . James. Slipinski . Stanislaw Adam. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. 2. 779–1006. 83-85192-34-4.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Book: Leng . Charles W.. 1920. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.. 10.5962/bhl.title.8777. free.
• Book: Mazur . Slawomir. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. 2004. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. 68–102. 87-88757-74-9.
• Book: Newton . A. F. Jr.. Thayer . M.K.. Pakaluk . James. Slipinski . Stanislaw Adam. 1995. Protopselaphinae new subfamily for Protopselaphus new genus from Malaysia, with a phylogenetic analysis and review of the Omaliine Group of Staphylinidae including Pselaphidae (Coleoptera). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. 1. 219–320. 83-85192-34-4.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

External links

Notes and References

1. Web site: Omaliini MacLeay, W. S., 1825 COL . 2023-10-07 . www.catalogueoflife.org.
2. SHAVRIN . ALEXEY V. . 2017-03-23 . New species and records of Omaliini from East Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) . Zootaxa . 4247 . 1 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.14 . 1175-5334.