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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Peloniinae » Chariessa » Chariessa floridana

Species Chariessa floridana

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Chariessa floridana Schaeffer - Chariessa floridana Chariessa floridana Schaeffer - Chariessa floridana
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 floridana (Chariessa floridana)
Explanation of Names
Chariessa floridana Schaeffer, 1917
Size
Length 11.0-15.0 mm (1)
Identification
Pronotal discal black lines narrow and distal to each other, tuft of gold setae between black lines; known only from Key Largo (1)
Range
endemic to Upper Key Largo, Monroe Co., FL (2)(1)
Life Cycle
spmns collected from poisonwood (Metopium toxiferum Anacardiaceae) and on a rotten log of an undisclosed species of tree. (1)
Remarks
most recent spmn coll'ed in 1979 (1)
Print References
Schaeffer, C. 1917. On some North American Cleridae (Col.). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 25(2): 129-134.
Works Cited
1.Systematics of the checkered beetle genus Chariessa Perty
Opitz, W. 2017. Insecta Mundi 0574: 1-42.
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 17 January, 2018 - 9:43am
Last updated 18 January, 2018 - 10:49am

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