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Species Priocera castanea

Priocera castanea (Newman) - 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

Species castanea (Priocera castanea)

Explanation of Names

Priocera castanea (Newman 1838)

castanea 'chestnut-colored'

Size

5.0-9.0 mm(1)

Range

southernmost ON and eastern half of the US (NY-FL to *SD-TX) +?ID(1)(*BG data)

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 Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 July, 2023 - 6:53pm

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