Chariessa
| Chariessa | |
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| Chariessa pilosa | |
Scientific 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 | |
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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:
- Chariessa dichroa (LeConte, 1865) (North America)
- Chariessa elegans Horn, 1878 (North and Central America)
- Chariessa floridana Schaeffer, 1917 (North America)
- Chariessa pilosa (Forster, 1771) (Palearctic, North America)
- Chariessa texana Wolcott, 1908 (North America)
- Chariessa vestita Chevrolat, 1835 (North, Central, and South America)
- Chariessa catalina Optiz, 2017 (North America)
Chariessa texana, Texas
Chariessa pilosa, Oklahoma
Chariessa vestita, Texas
Chariessa catalina, Oregon
References
- ↑ Delectus animalium articulatorum. JB Spix, KFP Martius, M Perty, 1832
- 1 2 "ITIS report, Chariessa". Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ↑ "GBIF, Chariessa". Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ↑ "Catalogue of Life, Chariessa Perty, 1832". Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
External links
- Citizen science observations for Chariessa at iNaturalist
- Chariessa at bugguide.net
Media related to Chariessa at Wikimedia Commons
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