Thanasimodes is a genus of beetles in the subfamily Clerinae.
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It was circumscribed by Andrew Murray in 1867.[1]
Extant species include:[2][3][4]
- Thanasimodes cyaneopurpureus (Fairmaire, 1885).[5] Type locality: Mogadishu.[a] Initially placed in Opilo.[b]
- Thanasimodes desertorum (Lesne, 1905).[6] Type locality: Iferouane. Initially placed in Opilio.
- Thanasimodes dorsalis (H. Lucas, 1843)[8] Type locality: the north of Africa.[c] Initially placed in Opilo.
- Thanasimodes gigas (Laporte de Castelnau, 1836).[9] Type locality: Senegal.[d] Initially placed in Notoxus.
- Syn. T. abdominalis (Fairmaire, 1891); T. tropicus (Klug, 1842)
- Thanasimodes insignis (Escalera [es], 1914).[10] Type locality: Kuraymat, Egypt.[e] Initially placed in Opilo.
- Thanasimodes metallicus Murray, 1867.[1] Type locality: Akwa Akpa.[f]
- Thanasimodes robustus (Boheman, 1851)[11] Type locality: Limpopo River.[g] Initially placed in Opilo.[b]
Fossil species include:[12][13]
Species formerly placed in this genus include:
- Menieroclerus nigropiceus (Kuwert, 1893) Martlett and Gerstmeier 2016[4]
Written Opilus instead of Opilo in the initial description.
"In tractibus fluvii Limpoponis".
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