Thonalmus is a genus of net-winged beetles, family Lycidae.[1][2][3][4] They are found in the West Indies with 19 recognized species.[2][3][4] Living specimens have a conspicuous bright red dorsal coloration.[4]

Thonalmus
Thonalmus sp., Cuba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Lycidae
Genus: Thonalmus
Bourgeois, 1884

Species

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Species belonging to the genus Thonalmus:[3][4]

Cladogram
Phylogeny of Thonalmus (Ferreira & Ivie, 2023[4])

References

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  1. "Thonalmus Bourgeois, 1884". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Thonalmus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
  3. 1 2 3 "Thonalmus Bourgeois, 1884". BioLib. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Ferreira, Vinicius S.; Ivie, Michael A. (2023). "Revision and phylogeny of the West Indian net-winged beetle genus Thonalmus Bourgeois, 1883 (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Lycidae): an integrative approach to solve 260 years of unsettled taxonomy". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 77 (mo19): 1–97. doi:10.1649/1934-0451.mo19.1.