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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 placement of this species in Omma has been questioned. Numerous other fossil species are known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of Europe and Asia. The only living species is Omma stanleyi, which is endemic to Australia. Three other extant species endemic to Australia that were formerly part of this genus were moved to the separate genus Beutelius in 2020. Omma stanleyi is strongly associated with wood, being found under Eucalyptus bark and exhibiting thanatosis when disturbed. Its larval stage and many other life details are unknown due to its rarity. Males are typically 14–20 mm in length, while females are 14.4-27.5 mm. Omma stanleyi occurs throughout eastern Australia from Victoria to Central Queensland.

Description
According to Li, Huang & Cai, 2021, Omma is distinguished from other ommatid beetles by the following characters: == Species ==
Species
The following extinct and extant species have been described. Taxa labelled (?) are considered questionable by Kirejtshuk, 2020. Omma stanleyi , recent, Australia Fossil species • Middle-Late Jurassic, Jiulongshan Formation and Tiaojishan Formation, Inner Mongolia, China, • Omma ancistrodontum (Callovian-Oxfordian), Daohugou Village, Shantou Township, Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia, China • (?)Omma daxishanense Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian), China • Omma delicatum • Late Jurassic (Oxfordian and Kimmeridgian) Karabastau Formation, Karatau, Kazakhstan • Omma aberratum • (?)Omma grandeOmma jurassicumOmma pilosum • Upper Jurassic (Tithonian), Solnhofen Limestone, Bavaria, Germany • Omma brevipes • (?)Omma zitteli • Lower Cretaceous (Aptian), Dzun-Bain Formation, Bon-Tsagan, Mongolia • (?)Omma antennatumOmma longicolle • Mid Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) Burmese amber, Myanmar • Omma davidbatteniOmma forte Li, Huang & Cai, 2021 • Omma janetaeOmma liiOmma manukyani (Kirejtshuk, 2020) formerly placed in separate genus Cionocups. • Other Species: • (?)Omma altajense , Middle to Late Jurassic, Togo-Khuduk Formation, Bakhar, Mongolia • Omma avus , Lower Jurassic (Hettangian), Dzhil Formation, Issyk-Kul’, Kyrgyzstan • (?)Omma elongatum , Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian), Purbeck Group Lower Cretaceous (Hauterivian), Weald Clay, United Kingdom • (?)Omma gobiense , Upper Jurassic (Tithonian), Ulan-Ereg Formation, Khoutiin-Khotgor, Mongolia • Omma liassicum , Late Triassic (Rhaetian), Lilstock Formation, Brown's wood, Warwickshire, Lower Jurassic (Hettangian), Blue Lias, Binton, Warwickshire, Lower Jurassic (Sinemurian), Charmouth Mudstone, Charmouth, England • Omma sibiricum , Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian), Zaza Formation, Baissa, West Transbaikalia Russia ==References==
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