Thymalidae is a family of beetles in

Cleroidea Cleroidea is a small superfamily of beetles containing over 10,000 species. Most of the members of the group are somewhat slender, often with fairly soft, flexible elytra, and typically hairy or scaly. Description Cleroidea is defined by the fo ...

. They were formerly included in

Trogossitidae Trogossitidae, also known as bark-gnawing beetles, are a small family in the superfamily Cleroidea. Many taxa formerly within this family have been removed (as of 2019) to other families, such as Lophocateridae, Peltidae, Protopeltidae, Rentoni ...

. Members of the subfamily Decamerinae are found in Central and South America, and are associated with flowers, while '' Thymalus'', the only member of the subfamily Thymalinae is found across the

Holarctic realm The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical region ...

, as well as parts of the

Oriental realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...

, like southern China and Thailand, where they are found associated with the bark of trees. It is assumed that ''Thymalus'' larvae feed on fungus in decomposing wood.

Genera

* Subfamily Decamerinae Crowson, 1964 ** '' Antixoon'' Gorham, 1886, Central America ** '' Decamerus'' Solier, 1849 Chile ** '' Diontolobus'' Solier, 1849, Chile * Subfamily Thymalinae ** '' Thymalus'' Latreille, 1802

Holarctic The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical region ...

Oriental Realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q110821433 Cleroidea Taxa described in 1888 Polyphaga families