Miniomma Temporal range: Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Miniomma chenkuni under normal and fluorescent light | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Ommatidae |
Genus: | †Miniomma Li, Yamamoto & Cai, 2020 |
Species: | †M. chenkuni |
Binomial name | |
†Miniomma chenkuni Li, Yamamoto & Cai, 2020 |
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.
References
- 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. 60: e20206063. doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.63. ISSN 1807-0205.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Miniomma |
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