''Thanasimodes'' is a genus of beetles in the subfamily
Clerinae
Clerinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Cleridae.
Genera
* ''Allonyx''
* '' Aphelocerus''
* ''Aphelochroa''
* ''Aulicus''
* '' Balcus''
* '' Calendyma''
* '' Caridopus''
* ''Clerus''
* '' Colyphus''
* '' Corynommadius''
* '' Dologenit ...
.
It was
circumscribed
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Not every po ...
by
Andrew Murray in 1867.
Species
Extant species include:
* ''
Thanasimodes cyaneopurpureus'' .
Type locality
Type locality may refer to:
* Type locality (biology)
* Type locality (geology)
See also
* Local (disambiguation)
* Locality (disambiguation)
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: Mogadishu. Initially placed in ''
Opilo
''Opilo'' is a genus of beetles in the subfamily Clerinae
Clerinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Cleridae
Cleridae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. They are commonly known as checkered beetles. The family Cl ...
''.
* ''
Thanasimodes desertorum'' .
Type locality:
Iferouane. Initially placed in ''Opilio''.
* ''
Thanasimodes dorsalis''
Type locality: the north of Africa. Initially placed in ''Opilo''.
**
Syn.
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
''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
The Limpopo River rises in South Africa and flows generally eastward through Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. The term Limpopo is derived from Rivombo (Livombo/Lebombo), a group of Tsonga settlers led by Hosi Rivombo who settled in the mount ...
. Initially placed in ''Opilo''.
Fossil species include:
* ''
Thanasimodes jantar'' . Type locality:
Baltic amber
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, Russia, dating from the
Priabonian
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.
Species formerly placed in this genus include:
* ''
Menieroclerus nigropiceus''
Notes
References
Further reading
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Cleridae genera
Clerinae
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