Rhopalomma is an extinct genus of ommatid beetle. It is known from a single species, Rhopalomma stefaniae described from the Upper Jurassic (Tithonian) Talbragar fossil locality in New South Wales, Australia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Ommatidae |
| Genus: | †Rhopalomma Ashman et al., 2015 |
| Species: | †R. stefaniae
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| †Rhopalomma stefaniae Ashman et al., 2015
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References
edit- ^ Ashman, Lauren G.; Oberprieler, Rolf G.; Ślipiński, Adam (2015-06-26). "Rhopalomma stefaniae gen. et sp. n., the first ommatid beetle from the Upper Jurassic in Australia (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)". Zootaxa. 3980 (1): 136–142. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3980.1.8. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26249943.
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