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Omalium caesum

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Omalium caesum is a species in the family Staphylinidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 3 mm in length.

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Quick facts about Omalium caesum

Weight
Not recorded
Length
3 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is Omalium caesum?

OMALIUM CAESUM · LENGTH 3 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 3 mm, the recorded maximum length of the omalium caesum is about 0.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Omalium caesum live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Omalium caesum as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Omalium caesum endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Omalium caesum classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyStaphylinidae
  6. genusOmalium
  7. SpeciesOmalium caesum Gravenhorst, 1806

Synonyms Omalium corticinum, Omalium flavicornis, Omalium impressum, Omalium peloponnesiacum

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Relatives of Omalium caesum

Other species in the same genus Omalium.

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Common questions

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How big is Omalium caesum?

An adult Omalium caesum measures 3 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is Omalium caesum an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Omalium caesum as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Omalium caesum?

Omalium caesum (Omalium caesum) belongs to the family Staphylinidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Omalium caesum (Omalium caesum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/omalium-caesum

MLA

“Omalium caesum (Omalium caesum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/omalium-caesum.

BibTeX
@misc{omalium_caesum_2026,
  title = {Omalium caesum (Omalium caesum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/omalium-caesum},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}