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Genus Chariessa

beetle - Chariessa pilosa Chariessa elegans (Cleridae) - Chariessa elegans Chariessa pilosa? - Chariessa pilosa Chariessa pilosa - male Male, Chariessa catalina? - Chariessa catalina Beetle - Chariessa pilosa Unknown - Chariessa Chariessa pilosa
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 Peloniinae
Genus Chariessa
Explanation of Names
Chariessa Perty 1830
from Greek 'pretty'
Numbers
7 spp. in our area(1)
Size
11-15 mm(2)
Identification
Antennae distinctive
Range
C. pilosa mostly e NA, 1 sp. endemic to s. FL, 5 spp. western (BC-CA-TX)(1)
Food
Larvae prey on wood-boring insects(3)
Life Cycle
Eggs are laid in bark crevices/holes in. Pupate in soil or under bark(4) in prey's pupal cell
Works Cited
1.Systematics of the checkered beetle genus Chariessa Perty
Opitz, W. 2017. Insecta Mundi 0574: 1-42.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
3.The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of Florida.
Leavengood, Jr., J.M. 2008. University of Florida, Gainesville. 206 pp.
4.National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders
Lorus and Margery Milne. 1980. Knopf.