Oomtelecopon

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Hydraenidae
Subfamilia: Prosthetopinae
Tribus: Coelometoponini
Genera: Oomtelecopon
Species: O. namaqum – O. sebastiani – O. setosum
Name

Oomtelecopon Perkins, 2005.

Type species: Oomtelecopon setosum Perkins, 2005.

References

Bilton, D.T. 2016. Two new water beetles from the South African Cape (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 4137(4): 585–591. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.4.11. Reference page.
Perkins, P.D. 2005: A revision of the African hygropetric genus Coelometopon Janssens, and description of Oomtelecopon new genus (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa, 949: 1–103. Abstract & excerpt