''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 North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

.Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition.

Species

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

References

Bibliography

*''Tiger Beetles of Alberta: Killers on the Clay, Stalkers on the Sand'' by John Acorn. University of Alberta Press, 2001. *''Tiger Beetles: The Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity of the Cicindelids'' by David L. Pearson and Alfried P. Vogler. Cornell University Press, 2001. *''A Field Guide to the Tiger Beetles of the United States and Canada'' by David L. Pearson, C. Barry Knisley and Charles J. Kazilek. Oxford University Press, 2005. Cicindelidae Beetles of North America {{Cicindelidae-stub