Chariessa is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. There are about six described species in Chariessa.[2][3][4][5]
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| Chariessa pilosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cleridae |
| Genus: | Chariessa Perty, 1832[1] |
| Type species | |
| Chariessa ramicornis Perty in Spix & Martius, 1832
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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
editThese six 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)
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Chariessa texana, Texas -
Chariessa pilosa, Oklahoma -
Chariessa vestita, Texas -
Chariessa catalina, Oregon
References
edit- ^ Delectus animalium articulatorum. JB Spix, KFP Martius, M Perty, 1832
- ^ a b "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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