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Species Chariessa catalina

Male, Chariessa catalina? - Chariessa catalina

Chariessa catalina? - Chariessa catalina

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

Species catalina (Chariessa catalina)

Explanation of Names

Chariessa catalina Opitz, 2017

catalina refers to the type locality (1)

Size

Length 7.5-14.0 mm (1)

Identification

Forebody, venter, forebody and venter pubescence, pale sanguineous; elytra more black than blue (USA) ...... Chariessa elegans Horn

Forebody, venter, forebody and venter pubescence, crimson; elytra more blue than black (USA, Mexico) ..... Chariessa catalina Opitz, new species (1)

Range

Range: CA-TX, UT / n. Mex. (1)

Season

mostly during March (1)

Life Cycle

pair, along with dozens of others, on an oak that had been struck by lightning in Texas:

Remarks

Type locality: Arizona, Catalina Mts., Redington Pass, Dec. 7, 1969 (collector not noted) (FSCA)

Print References

Opitz, W. 2017. Classification, natural history, and evolution of the subfamily Peloniinae Opitz (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part VIII. Systematics of the checkered beetle genus Chariessa Perty. Insecta Mundi 0574: 1-42. (Full PDF)

Works Cited

1.	Systematics of the checkered beetle genus Chariessa Perty Opitz, W. 2017. Insecta Mundi 0574: 1-42.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 17 January, 2018 - 8:52am
Last updated 18 January, 2018 - 10:06am

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