Omethidae
Omethes marginatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Superfamily: Elateroidea
Family: Omethidae
LeConte, 1861

Omethidae is a family of Elateroidea sometimes known as the false soldier beetles.[1] They are native to South, Southeast and Eastern Asia and the Americas.[2][3] Their biology is obscure and their larvae are unknown. They appear to inhabit vegetation in or surrounding forests, and are probably active during the day.[3]

Classification and taxonomy

There are some 40 species in 11 genera, divided into four subfamilies. Long-lipped beetles (Telegeusinae) were formerly treated as a family Telegeusidae but are most recently treated as a subfamily within Omethidae.[4][5] According to other recent studies, Phengodidae might possibly include (or be sister taxon to) the telegeusines.[6]

Subfamily Driloniinae

  • Drilonius

Subfamily Matheteinae

Subfamily Omethinae

Subfamily Telegeusinae

References

  1. ↑ "Family Omethidae - False Soldier Beetles". BugGuide. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  2. ↑ Roza, André Silva; Constantin, Robert; Mermudes, José Ricardo Miras (2019-11-26). "Pseudotelegeusis meloi sp. nov., the first Telegeusinae from Peru (Coleoptera: Omethidae, Telegeusinae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (580). doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.580. ISSN 2118-9773.
  3. 1 2 Ramsdale, Alistair S. (2010-12-31), Kükenthal, Willy; Leschen, Richard A.B.; Beutel, Rolf G.; Lawrence, John F. (eds.), "4.16. Omethidae LeConte, 1861", Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 2, Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), DE GRUYTER, pp. 149–153, doi:10.1515/9783110911213.149, ISBN 978-3-11-019075-5, retrieved 2022-10-02
  4. ↑ Kundrata R, Bocakova M, Bocak L. (2014) The comprehensive phylogeny of the superfamily Elateroidea (Coleoptera: Elateriformia). Mol Phylogenet Evol. 76:162-71. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.012.
  5. ↑ Roza, A.S.; Constantin, R.; Mermudes, J.R.M. Pseudotelegeusis meloi sp. nov., the first Telegeusinae from Peru (Coleoptera: Omethidae, Telegeusinae). European Journal of Taxonomy, [S.l.], n. 580, nov. 2019. ISSN 2118-9773. Available at: <https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/809>. Date accessed: 06 dec. 2019. doi:https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.580.
  6. ↑ Zaragoza-Caballero & Zurita-Garcia (2015) A preliminary study on the phylogeny of the family Phengodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zootaxa 3947: 527–542.
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