Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Cleridae (Checkered beetles)

Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ameisenbuntkäfer Ant Beetle

Synonyms and other combinations:

Attelabus formicarius Linnaeus, 1758 | Clerus fasciatus Geoffroy, 1785 | Clerus brevicollis Spinola, 1844 | Thanasimus hilaris Du Buysson, 1901 | Thanasimus laterufus Corporaal, 1931 | Thanasimus assimilis Mequignon, 1948 | Thanasimus schaeferi Mequignon, 1949 |

  • Thanasimus formicarius 5059
    Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)  Ameisenbuntkäfer  Ant Beetle 
    Thanasimus formicarius
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2011-10-16 09:44:22
    Image number: 5059

    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2011-10-16 09:44:22
  • Thanasimus formicarius 5060
    Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)  Ameisenbuntkäfer  Ant Beetle 
    Thanasimus formicarius
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2011-10-16 09:00:09
    Image number: 5060

    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2011-10-16 09:00:09
  • Thanasimus formicarius 5061
    Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)  Ameisenbuntkäfer  Ant Beetle 
    Thanasimus formicarius
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2011-10-16 08:59:18
    Image number: 5061

    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2011-10-16 08:59:18
  • Thanasimus formicarius 6849
    Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)  Ameisenbuntkäfer  Ant Beetle 
    Thanasimus formicarius
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2014-11-01 10:51:03
    Image number: 6849

    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2014-11-01 10:51:03
  • Thanasimus formicarius 6850
    Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)  Ameisenbuntkäfer  Ant Beetle 
    Thanasimus formicarius
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2014-11-01 10:44:39
    Image number: 6850

    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2014-11-01 10:44:39
  • Thanasimus formicarius, bottom view 6851
    Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)  Ameisenbuntkäfer  Ant Beetle 
    Thanasimus formicarius, bottom view
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2014-11-01 10:55:11
    Image number: 6851
    bottom view
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2014-11-01 10:55:11
  • Thanasimus formicarius 9381
    Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)  Ameisenbuntkäfer  Ant Beetle 
    Thanasimus formicarius
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2020-06-17 10:01:56
    Image number: 9381

    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2020-06-17 10:01:56
  • Thanasimus formicarius 9382
    Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)  Ameisenbuntkäfer  Ant Beetle 
    Thanasimus formicarius
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2020-06-16 22:05:14
    Image number: 9382

    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2020-06-16 22:05:14
  • Thanasimus formicarius 10910
    Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)  Ameisenbuntkäfer  Ant Beetle 
    Thanasimus formicarius, conf. Hannes (HH)
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2023-06-01 13:55:35
    Image number: 10910

    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2023-06-01 13:55:35
    conf. Hannes (HH)
  • Thanasimus formicarius 10911
    Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)  Ameisenbuntkäfer  Ant Beetle 
    Thanasimus formicarius
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2023-06-01 13:56:19
    Image number: 10911

    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2023-06-01 13:56:19
  • Thanasimus formicarius 10912
    Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)  Ameisenbuntkäfer  Ant Beetle 
    Thanasimus formicarius
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2023-06-01 13:56:59
    Image number: 10912

    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2023-06-01 13:56:59

Further vernacular names:
European Red-bellied Clerid
Classification:
Thanasimus formicarius belongs to the subfamily Clerinae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
  2. UK Beetles
  3. Beat Wermelinger und Doris Schneider Mathis, 2021: Natürliche Feinde von Borkenkäfern. Merkblatt für die Praxis. 67.12 S.
  4. Thomaes, Arno & Drumont, Alain & Warzée, Nathalie & Grégoire, Jean-Claude & Stassen, Eugène & Crevecoeur, Luc & Berckvens, Nick & Casteels, Hans & Vijver, Daan & Raemdonck, Hugo. (2018). Ecology and distribution of Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) and the newly discovered Thanasimus femoralis (Zetterstedt, 1828) in Belgium (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Bulletin de la Société royale belge d’Entomologie/Bulletin van de Koninklijke Belgische vereniging voor entomologie. 153.