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[1] |
| Type species | |
| Chariessa ramicornis Perty in Spix & Martius, 1832 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Chariessa is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. There are about six described species in Chariessa.[2][3][4][5]
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.[6]
Species
[edit]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
[edit]- ↑ 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
[edit]- Citizen science observations for Chariessa at iNaturalist
- Chariessa at bugguide.net
Media related to Chariessa at Wikimedia Commons
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