Miniomma Temporal range:
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Miniomma chenkuni under normal and fluorescent light | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Ommatidae |
Genus: | †
Miniomma Li, Yamamoto & Cai, 2020 |
Species: | †M. chenkuni
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Binomial name | |
†Miniomma chenkuni Li, Yamamoto & Cai, 2020
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Miniomma is an extinct genus of ommatid beetle. It is known from a single species, Miniomma chenkuni, from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber from Myanmar. The species is the smallest known ommatid, at less than 2 mm long, compared to Omma, which ranges in length from 6 to 26 mm. [1]
Miniomma Temporal range:
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Miniomma chenkuni under normal and fluorescent light | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Ommatidae |
Genus: | †
Miniomma Li, Yamamoto & Cai, 2020 |
Species: | †M. chenkuni
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Binomial name | |
†Miniomma chenkuni Li, Yamamoto & Cai, 2020
|
Miniomma is an extinct genus of ommatid beetle. It is known from a single species, Miniomma chenkuni, from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber from Myanmar. The species is the smallest known ommatid, at less than 2 mm long, compared to Omma, which ranges in length from 6 to 26 mm. [1]