[1] The Afrotropical genera Tricholimnichus and Cyclolimnichus are close relatives of the Mandersia group, but lack some distinguishing characteristics in the pronotum.

He described the species as the "largest and most remarkable of the Limnichini" and noted their close resemblance to the Central American genus Euthryptus.

Harry George Champion considered this genus a synonym of Caccothryptus, in a paper describing three additional species.

In 2005, Carles Hernando and Ignacio Ribera reclassified one species described by Champion, C. multiseriatus, into a new genus dubbed Pseudothryptus.

The current number of 35 species is likely to increase further, due to a relative lack of studies and material on Asian Limnichidae.

They have ovloid bodies, ranging from brown to black in color, covered in both long and short layers of setae.