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Genus Priocera

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Priocera castanea Priocera castanea (Newman) - Priocera castanea unknown clerid - Priocera castanea Priocera castanea Priocera catalinae Cazier? - Priocera catalinae Priocera catalinae Cazier? - Priocera catalinae Pennsylvania Beetle - Priocera castanea Pennsylvania Beetle - Priocera castanea

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 Clerinae
Genus Priocera

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

revised in Opitz (2021)(1)

Explanation of Names

Priocera Kirby 1818

Numbers

3 spp. in our area, 70 total(1)

Size

4.2-23.0 mm(1)

Range

primarily neotropical, in our area, P. castanea eastern (NY-ON-FL to KS-TX) +?ID; and 2 spp. in AZ(1)

Works Cited

1.Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera Kirby (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae)
Opitz W. 2021. Linzer biol. Beitr. 52/2: 1145‒1255.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 10 January, 2008 - 4:24am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 14 April, 2025 - 10:55am

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