Paraodontomma

Paraodontomma is an extinct genus of ommatid beetle, it is known from three species, P. burmiticum described in 2017,[1] P. szwedoi described in 2018.[2] and P. leptocristatum in 2021.[3] All 3 species are known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber.

Paraodontomma
Temporal range:
P. szwedoi
P. leptocristatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Ommatidae
Genus:
†Paraodontomma

Yamamoto 2017
Species
  • †Paraodontomma burmiticum Yamamoto 2017
  • †Paraodontomma leptocristatum Li, Yamamoto & Cai in Li et al., 2021
  • †Paraodontomma szwedoi Jarzembowski et al. 2018

References
  1. Yamamoto, Shûhei (August 2017). "A new genus of Brochocoleini beetle in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)". Cretaceous Research. 76: 34–39. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.04.008. ISSN 0195-6671.
  2. Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Wang, Bo; Zheng, Daran (December 2018). "A new serrated archaic beetle (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 92: 26–30. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.07.013. ISSN 0195-6671. S2CID 219884082.
  3. Li, Yan-Da; Yamamoto, Shûhei; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (2021-06-04). "New species of Paraodontomma from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber with muscle tissue preservation (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 61: e20216153. doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.53. ISSN 1807-0205.
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