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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Cleroidea) » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Chariessa » Chariessa vestita

Species Chariessa vestita

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Cleroidea (Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles)
Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)
Genus Chariessa
Species vestita (Chariessa vestita)
Other Common Names
Blue-vested Clerid (?)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syn: Brachymorphus vestitus Chevrolat 1835
Numbers
4 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
8.5 mm (2)
Range
Central Texas south to Central America
Remarks
See Taber & Fleenor (2005) for a note on potential intra-generic predation attempt (2)
Print References
Taber, S.W. & S.B. Fleenor. 2005. Invertebrates of Central Texas Wetlands. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock. 309 pp. Full Text
Wolcott, A.B. 1908. The North American species of Chariessa. Entomological News, 19: 70-72.
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
2.Invertebrates Of Central Texas Wetlands
By Stephen Welton Taber, Scott B. Fleenor
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 19 August, 2007 - 9:44am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 14 June, 2009 - 5:38pm

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