Thanasimodes Explained

Thanasimodes is a genus of beetles in the subfamily Clerinae.

It was circumscribed by Andrew Murray in 1867.

Species

Extant species include:

• Thanasimodes cyaneopurpureus . Type locality: Mogadishu. Initially placed in Opilo.
• Thanasimodes desertorum . Type locality: Iferouane. Initially placed in Opilio.
• Thanasimodes dorsalis Type locality: the north of Africa. Initially placed in Opilo.
  • Syn. T. luteofasciatus
• Thanasimodes gigas . Type locality: Senegal. Initially placed in Notoxus.
  • Syn. T. abdominalis ; T. tropicus
• Thanasimodes insignis . Type locality: Kuraymat, Egypt. Initially placed in Opilo.
• Thanasimodes metallicus . Type locality: Akwa Akpa.
• Thanasimodes robustus Type locality: Limpopo River. Initially placed in Opilo.

Fossil species include:

• Thanasimodes jantar . Type locality: Baltic amber, Russia, dating from the Priabonian.

Species formerly placed in this genus include:

• Menieroclerus nigropiceus

Further reading

• Kolibáč. Jiří. Morphological comparison of type (or model) genera of the subfamilies of Cleridae (Coleoptera, Cleridae). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 1987. 77. 103–135.