Chariessa

Chariessa
Chariessa pilosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cleridae
Genus: Chariessa
Perty, 1832
Type species
Chariessa ramicornis
Perty in Spix & Martius, 1832
Synonyms
  • Brachymorphus Chevrolat, 1835
  • Tarandocerus Chevrolat, 1876

Chariessa is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. There are about six described species in Chariessa.

Chariessa beetles are carnivorous and often associated with trees of the genus Quercus, likely due to a preference for lignicolous insects that live in oaks.

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Chariessa:

References

  1. ↑ Delectus animalium articulatorum. JB Spix, KFP Martius, M Perty, 1832
  2. 1 2 "ITIS report, Chariessa". Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  3. ↑ "GBIF, Chariessa". Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  4. ↑ "Catalogue of Life, Chariessa Perty, 1832". Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  5. ↑ Gimmel, Matthew L.; Bocakova, Milada; Gunter, Nicole L.; Leschen, Richard A.B. (2019). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (3). doi:10.1111/syen.12338.
  6. ↑ Opitz, Weston (2017). "Classification, natural history, and evolution of the subfamily Peloniinae Opitz (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part VIII. Systematics of the checkered beetle genus Chariessa Perty". Insecta Mundi – via Digital Commons @ University of Nebraska - Lincoln.