Family Thymalidae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

hairy golden tortoise - Thymalus marginicollis

Bark-gnawing Beetle - Thymalus marginicollis

Conk trogossitid - Thymalus marginicollis

Beetle IMG_0796 - Thymalus marginicollis

Bark-gnawing Beetle (Thymalus marginicollis) - Thymalus marginicollis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cleroidea

Family Thymalidae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

see (1); previously considered part of Trogossitidae.

Explanation of Names

Thymalidae Léveillé 1888

Numbers

a single sp. in our area, ~20 spp. in 7 genera total(2)

Range

the genus represented in our area is holarctic, but most genera in so. hemisphere

Works Cited

1.	Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia) Gimmel M.L., Bocakova M., Gunter N.L., Leschen R.A.B. 2019. Sys. Entomol. 44: 527‒558.

2.	BioLib.cz

Contributed by v belov on 2 September, 2021 - 6:42am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd
Last updated 15 November, 2021 - 7:17pm

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