Beutelius
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Ommatidae |
| Genus: | Beutelius Escalona et al, 2020 |
Beutelius is a small genus of ommatid beetles native to Australia. It is only one of three extant genera in the family, alongside Tetraphalerus and Omma. It currently contains 4 species, three of which were originally assigned to Omma and it is distinguished from Omma by the presence of flattened, ribbed scales covering most areas.[1]
- (MacLeay, 1871) inland New South Wales and Queensland
- Escalona et al, 2020 northwest New South Wales
- (Lawrence, 1999) Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands
- (Neboiss, 1989) Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands
References[]
- ^ ESCALONA, HERMES E.; LAWRENCE, JOHN F.; ŚLIPIŃSKI, ADAM (2020-01-24). "The extant species of the genus Omma Newman and description of Beutelius gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae: Ommatinae)". Zootaxa. 4728 (4): 547–574. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4728.4.11. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 32229891.
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