''Thymalus'' is a genus of
beetles
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
belonging to the family
Thymalidae
Thymalidae is a family of beetles in Cleroidea. They were formerly included in Trogossitidae. Members of the subfamily Decamerinae are found in Central and South America, and are associated with flowers, while '' Thymalus'', the only member of th ...
.
[Gimmel, M.L., Bocakova, M., Gunter, N.L. and Leschen, R.A. (2019) Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Syst Entomol, 44: 527-558. ]
The genus was described in 1802 by
Pierre André Latreille.
The species of this genus are found in
Eurasia
Eurasia (, ) is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. Primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres, it spans from the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Japanese archipelago a ...
and
Northern America
Northern America is the northernmost subregion of North America. The boundaries may be drawn slightly differently. In one definition, it lies directly north of Middle America (including the Caribbean and Central America).Gonzalez, Joseph. 20 ...
.
Species:
* ''
Thymalus limbatus
''Thymalus limbatus '' is a species of beetle in family Thymalidae. It is found in the palearctic.Joy, N. 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles It is an obligate Saproxylic species associated with '' Betula pendula'', '' Fagus sylvatica' ...
'' (Fabricius, 1787)
References
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Cleroidea
Beetle genera
Beetles of Europe
Beetles of Asia
Beetles of North America