''Thanasimodes'' is a genus of beetles in the subfamily

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. It was

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by Andrew Murray in 1867.

Species

Extant species include: * '' Thanasimodes cyaneopurpureus'' . Type locality: Mogadishu. Initially placed in '' Opilo''. * '' Thanasimodes desertorum'' . Type locality:

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. 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:

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. * '' Thanasimodes robustus'' Type locality:

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. Initially placed in ''Opilo''. Fossil species include: * '' Thanasimodes jantar'' . Type locality:

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, Russia, dating from the

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. Species formerly placed in this genus include: * '' Menieroclerus nigropiceus''

Species

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