''Beutelius'' is a small genus of
ommatid beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s native to
Australia. It is only one of three extant genera in the family, alongside ''
Tetraphalerus'' and ''
Omma
''Omma'' is a genus of beetles in the family Ommatidae. ''Omma'' is an example of a living fossil. The oldest species known, ''O. liassicum'', lived during the final stage of the Triassic (Rhaetian), over 200 million years ago, though the placem ...
''. 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, as well as longer
maxillary and labial palps, and an anteriorly depressed gulamentum.
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Beutelius mastersi''
(MacLeay, 1871) inland New South Wales and Queensland
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Beutelius reidi''
Escalona ''et al'', 2020 northwest New South Wales
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Beutelius rutherfordi''
(Lawrence, 1999) Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands
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Beutelius sagitta''
(Neboiss, 1989) Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands
References
Ommatidae
Endemic fauna of Australia
Insects of Australia
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