Species Trichodes simulator

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cleroidea

Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)

Subfamily Clerinae

Genus Trichodes

Species simulator (Trichodes simulator)

Explanation of Names

Trichodes simulator Horn 1880

Range

sw US (WY-UT-AZ to ND-w.TX)(1)(2)(BG data)

Life Cycle

hosts: Anthophora occidentalis, Microanthophora sp. (Apidae), and Megachile sp. (Megachilidae)(3)

Works Cited

1.	Insects of Western North America 8 The Checkered Beetle Genus Trichodes Herbst (Coleoptera: Cleridae): a pictorial key to North West, Daniel R. 2014. Colorado State University.

2.	Catalogue of North American beetles of the family Cleridae Wolcott A.B. 1947. Fieldiana: Zoology 32: 63–105.

3.	Revision of North American Trichodes (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Foster, D.E. 1976. Texas Tech University Special Publications No. 11. 86 p.

Contributed by Joyce Gross on 2 October, 2007 - 3:25am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 September, 2021 - 3:53pm

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