''Beutelius'' is a small genus of
ommatid beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
s native to
Australia
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. It is only one of three extant genera in the family, alongside ''
Tetraphalerus
''Tetraphalerus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Ommatidae, It is currently known from two extant species native to South America and several fossil species from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of Asia.
Systematics
According to Kirejtshuk, 20 ...
'' and ''
Omma''. It currently contains four 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.
Species
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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
Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands is one of 32 List of Major Vegetation Groups in Australia, Major Vegetation Groups defined by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy and one of the 189 habitats in the HOTW habitats of ...
*''
Beutelius sagitta''
(Neboiss, 1989) – Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands
References
Ommatidae
Endemic fauna of Australia
Insects of Australia
Archostemata genera
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