Thanasimus Latreille, 1806

Bartlett, Justin S., 2023, Clarification of ambiguous genus records for Australian Cleridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea), Zootaxa 5383 (3), pp. 375-382 : 380

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5383.3.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E5C8FDF6-58FF-47A5-81C2-CA54994AA2FE
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10392874
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scientific name	Thanasimus Latreille
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Thanasimus dubius (Fabricius) : Introduced to southern and eastern Australia for control of Ips grandicollis (Eichhoff) ( Curculionidae : Scolytinae ) during the 1980’s though reportedly failed to establish ( Morgan et al. 1991). The only specimens I have seen in collections are voucher specimens from rearing programs. I know of no wildcollected specimens.

Distribution: Canada, U.S.A., Mexico ( Corporaal 1950a).

Status: Non-native and absent in Australia (biocontrol agent with no evidence for establishment beyond release).