Thanerocleridae is a family of beetles belonging to the superfamily

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 f ...

. It was formerly considered a subfamily of

Cleridae Cleridae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. They are commonly known as checkered beetles. The family Cleridae has a worldwide distribution, and a variety of habitats and feeding preferences. Cleridae have many niches and fe ...

, but was recently elevated to the rank of family. The family has 36 living species in 10 genera, which are found globally, mostly in low-latitude tropical regions, though the genus '' Zenodosus'' is found in temperate North America. Thaneroclerid species are likely all predatory both in adult and larval stages. They target small fungus and wood associated beetles, and are generally found in places where such beetles are likely to be found, typically tree associated habitats such as under bark, though some species occur in other locations such as termite nests.

Taxonomy

* Thaneroclerinae Chapin, 1924 ** '' Cleridopsis'' Champion, 1913 ** '' Compactoclerus'' Pic, 1939 ** '' Cyrtinoclerus'' Chapin, 1924 ** '' Isoclerus'' Lewis, 1892 ** '' Meprinogenus'' Kolibáč, 1992 ** '' Neoclerus'' Lewis, 1892 ** '' Onerunka'' Kolibáč ** '' Thaneroclerus'' Lefebvre, 1838 ** '' Viticlerus'' Miyatake * Zenodosinae Kolibáč, 1992 ** '' Zenodosus'' Wolcott, 1910 ** †'' Archaeozenodosus'' Yu & Kolibac, 2017

Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...

, Myanmar Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) ** †'' Cretozenodosus'' Cai & Huang, 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar Cenomanian ** †'' Mesozenodosus'' Tihelka et al., 2020 Charentese amber, France, Cenomanian ** †'' Thanerosus'' Peris & Kolibáč, 2022 Burmese amber, Myanmar Cenomanian

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