Thanasimodes
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| Thanasimodes | |
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| Thanasimodes robustus in Tsavo West National Park, Kenya | |
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| T. dorsalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cleridae |
| Subfamily: | Clerinae |
| Genus: | Thanasimodes Murray, 1867[1] |
| Type species | |
| Thanasimodes metallicus Murray, 1867 | |
Thanasimodes is a genus of beetles in the subfamily Clerinae.
It was circumscribed by Andrew Murray in 1867.[1]
Extant species include:[2][3][4]
- Thanasimodes cyaneopurpureus (Fairmaire, 1885).[5] Type locality: Mogadishu.[a] Initially placed in Opilo.[b]
- Thanasimodes desertorum (Lesne, 1905).[6] Type locality: Iferouane.[7] Initially placed in Opilio.
- Thanasimodes dorsalis (H. Lucas, 1843)[8] Type locality: the north of Africa.[c] Initially placed in Opilo.
- Thanasimodes gigas (Laporte de Castelnau, 1836).[9] Type locality: Senegal.[d] Initially placed in Notoxus.
- Syn. T. abdominalis (Fairmaire, 1891); T. tropicus (Klug, 1842)
- Thanasimodes insignis (Escalera, 1914).[10] Type locality: Kuraymat, Egypt.[e] Initially placed in Opilo.
- Thanasimodes metallicus Murray, 1867.[1] Type locality: Akwa Akpa.[f]
- Thanasimodes robustus (Boheman, 1851)[11] Type locality: Limpopo River.[g] Initially placed in Opilo.[b]
Fossil species include:[12][13]
- †Thanasimodes jantar Kolibáč, 1997. Type locality: Baltic amber, Russia, dating from the Priabonian.
Species formerly placed in this genus include:
- Menieroclerus nigropiceus (Kuwert, 1893) Martlett and Gerstmeier 2016[4]
