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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Clerinae » Priocera » Priocera castanea

Species Priocera castanea

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · 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 Priocera
Species castanea (Priocera castanea)
Explanation of Names
Priocera castanea (Newman 1838)
castanea 'chestnut-colored'
Size
5.0-9.0 mm(1)
Range
southernmost ON and eastern half of the US (NY-FL to *SD-TX) +?ID(1)(*BG data)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera Kirby (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae)
Opitz W. 2021. Linzer biol. Beitr. 52/2: 1145-1255.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 10 January, 2008 - 4:24am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 July, 2023 - 6:53pm

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