Omma delicatum Tan et al. 2012

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Alternative combination: Omma delicata

Full reference: J. J. Tan, Y. J. Wang, D. Ren and X. K. Yang. 2012. New fossil species of ommatids (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the middle Mesozoic of China illuminating the phylogeny of Ommatidae. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12(113):1-19

Belongs to Omma according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020

See also Escalona et al. 2020 and Tan et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Omma aberratum, Omma altajense, Omma ancistrodontum, Omma antennatum, Omma avus, Omma brevipes, Omma davidbatteni, Omma daxishanense, Omma elongatum, Omma forte, Omma gobiense, Omma grande, Omma janetae, Omma jurassicum, Omma liassicum, Omma lii, Omma longicolle, Omma manukyani, Omma pilosum, Omma sibiricum, Omma zitteli, Pyrochroophana maior, Pyrochroophana suprajurensis, Pyrochroophana robusta

Type specimen: CNU-C-LB2010813, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2010 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2010 collection)

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