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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) » Trichodes

Genus Trichodes

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Flower Beetle - Trichodes ornatus Red-blue Checkered Beetle - Trichodes nutalli I think Checkered Beetle - Trichodes nutalli Ornate Checkered Beetle - Trichodes ornatus Beautiful Colors - Trichodes apivorus A checkered beetle among all those wasps- - Trichodes peninsularis beetle in datura flower - Trichodes ornatus Checkered Beetle - Trichodes nutalli
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 Trichodes
Numbers
Arnett counts ten species. (1)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 14 April, 2004 - 10:08pm

Trichodes references, life history
Nearctica.com lists 10 species in genus for North America.

See T. apivorus account for life history of genus, from Milne.
References:
Dillon, p. 279, ill. T. nutalli (1)
Papp, p. 95, ill. T. nutalli, T. ornatus (2)
Arnett, pp. 448-449 describes T. nuttalli, ornatus, peninsularis (3)
Milne, p. 577, fig. 142, life history and photo of T. nutalli (1)
Arnett, accounts #135 and 136, T. ornatus, T. peninsularis

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 30 August, 2004 - 11:35pm

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