Omma zitteli Oppenheim 1888 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Alternative combination: Procarabus zitteli

Full reference: P. Oppenheim. 1888. Die Insectenwelt des lithographischen Scheifers in Bayern. Palaeontographica 35:215-254

Belongs to Omma according to A. G. Kirejtshuk 2020

See also Escalona et al. 2020, Handlirsch 1906, Oppenheim 1888 and Ponomarenko 1971

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

Type specimen: BSPG AS V 24, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll)

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