Omethidae is a family of Elateroidea sometimes known as the false soldier beetles.[1] They are native to South, Southeast and Eastern Asia and the Americas.[2][3] Their biology is obscure and their larvae are unknown. They appear to inhabit vegetation in or surrounding forests, and are probably active during the day.[3]
Classification and taxonomy
There are some 40 species in 11 genera, divided into four subfamilies. Long-lipped beetles (Telegeusinae) were formerly treated as a family Telegeusidae but are most recently treated as a subfamily within Omethidae.[4][5] According to other recent studies, Phengodidae might possibly include (or be sister taxon to) the telegeusines.[6]
^ abRamsdale, Alistair S. (2010-12-31), Kükenthal, Willy; Leschen, Richard A.B.; Beutel, Rolf G.; Lawrence, John F. (eds.), "4.16. Omethidae LeConte, 1861", Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 2, Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), DE GRUYTER, pp. 149–153, doi:10.1515/9783110911213.149, ISBN978-3-11-019075-5, retrieved 2022-10-02
^Kundrata R, Bocakova M, Bocak L. (2014) The comprehensive phylogeny of the superfamily Elateroidea (Coleoptera: Elateriformia). Mol Phylogenet Evol. 76:162-71. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.012.
^Zaragoza-Caballero & Zurita-Garcia (2015) A preliminary study on the phylogeny of the family Phengodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zootaxa 3947: 527–542.
