Paratypes

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]

References

  1. ^ Li, Yan-Da; Yamamoto, Shûhei; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (2020-11-17). "A miniaturized ommatid beetle in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 60: e20206063. doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.63. ISSN 1807-0205.


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