Omaliini

Omaliini
Acrolocha
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Omaliinae
Tribe: Omaliini
MacLeay, W. S., 1825

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]

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