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Omaliaidae

Insecta - Omaliaidae

Taxonomy
Omalidae was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type is Omalia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cacurgidae by Pruvost (1930); it was corrected as Omaliidae by Brauckmann and Hahn (1980) and Carpenter (1992); it was synonymized subjectively with Geraridae by Kukalová-Peck and Brauckmann (1992); it was corrected as Omaliaidae by Ross et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Protorthoptera by Handlirsch (1906), Brauckmann and Hahn (1980) and Carpenter (1992); and to Archaeorthoptera by Ross et al. (2013).

Subtaxa
Anthrakoris, Omalia (type genus)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Omalidae Handlirsch p. 145
1921Coseliidae Bolton
1922Coseliidae Bolton p. 81
1980Omaliidae Brauckmann and Hahn p. 303
1992Omaliidae Carpenter p. 121
2013Omaliaidae Ross et al. p. 168

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
superorderArchaeorthoptera
familyOmaliaidae()
familyOmaliaidae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Omaliaidae Handlirsch 1906
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G. †Anthrakoris Richardson 1956
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Anthrakoris aetherius Richardson 1956
G. †Omalia Van Beneden and Coemans 1867
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Omalia macroptera Van Beneden and Coemans 1867
Invalid names: Coseliidae Bolton 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Westphalian D or 318.70000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Belgium Omalia macroptera (123821)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Omalia macroptera (152785)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Anthrakoris aetherius (112638)