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Genus Placopterus

Checkered Beetle - Placopterus thoracicus

Placopterus thoracicus (Olivier) - Placopterus thoracicus

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 Placopterus

Numbers

3 spp. widely dist. E. of Rockies (1)

Life Cycle

Asso. w/ bark beetles and borers in branches of deciduous trees (1)

See Also

Enoclerus

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.)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 September, 2006 - 10:30am
Last updated 31 May, 2009 - 10:12am

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