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Omus

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Omus is a genus of tiger beetles, subfamily Cicindelinae. Its members are dark colored, nocturnal, and flightless. All members occur along the west coast of North America.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyCarabidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
511
With media
14
Family
Carabidae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, EMEC
Recorded in
United States

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Instance of
taxon
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Omus dejeanii Reiche - ZooKeys-245-001-g011.jpeg
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taxon name
Omus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Omus
Commons category
Omus
taxon common name
Night-stalking Tiger Beetles
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Omus is a genus of tiger beetles, subfamily Cicindelinae. Its members are dark colored, nocturnal, and flightless. All members occur along the west coast of North America.

==Species== Omus audouini Reiche, 1838 Omus californicus Eschscholtz, 1829 Omus cazieri Van den Berghe, 1994 Omus dejeanii Reiche, 1838 Omus submetallicus G. Horn, 1868

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