Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Alternative spelling: Omalini
Parent taxon: Omaliinae according to A. V. Shavrin 2023
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Erichson 1839, Herman 2001, Peris and Thayer 2014, Shavrin and Jenkins Shaw 2023, Shavrin and Yamamoto 2019 and Zanetti et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Anthophagini, Archodromus, Coryphiini, Daiodromus, Eophyllodrepa, Eusphalerini, Globoides, Mesodeliphrum, Morsum, Porrhodromus, Prodaia, Protostaphylinus, Pseudolesteua
Subtaxa: Acrulia Duocalcar Hapalaraea Micralymma Omalium Paraphloeostiba Phyllodrepa Pycnoglypta
Type: Omalium
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Greenland (5), the United Kingdom (4), United States (16: Colorado, Pennsylvania, Washington)
• Miocene of Croatia (1), the Dominican Republic (1)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of France (1)
Total: 32 collections including 48 occurrences