Miniomma Li, Yamamoto & Cai, 2020

Li, Yan-Da, Yamamoto, Shûhei, Huang, Di-Ying & Cai, Chen-Yang, 2020, A miniaturized ommatid beetle in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 60, pp. 1-7 : 2

Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758

Suborder Archostemata Kolbe, 1908 Family Ommatidae Sharp & Muir, 1912 Genus Miniomma Li, Yamamoto & Cai gen. nov.

Type species: Miniomma chenkuni Li, Yamamoto & Cai sp. nov.

Diagnosis: Body minute. Head moderately elongate, without distinct protuberances; compound eyes not protruding; antennae subfiliform; antennomere 3 slightly longer than 4; antennomere 11 nearly twice as long as 10; antennal grooves absent. Pronotal disc with a shallow medial groove; propleura fused with prosternum; procoxae contiguous; metacoxae subglobular, not extending laterally. Elytra non-serrate, with very narrow epipleura, and with indistinct longitudinal ridges (primary veins). Abdominal ventrites abutting; ventrite 5 slightly longer than penultimate one, with broadly gently arcuate posterior margin.

Etymology: The generic name is derived from the English “mini‑”, meaning small, and the generic name

“ Omma ”, the type genus of Ommatidae .The name is neuter in gender.