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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Orthopleurinae » Neorthopleura

Genus Neorthopleura

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Checkered beetle - Neorthopleura thoracica Beetle - Neorthopleura Neorthopleura texana (Bland) - Neorthopleura texana Checkered Beetle - Neorthopleura thoracica Beetle ID - Neorthopleura thoracica Coleoptera - Neorthopleura thoracica Hairy beetle - Neorthopleura texana clerid beetle - Neorthopleura thoracica
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 Orthopleurinae
Genus Neorthopleura
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orthopleura auct.
Explanation of Names
Neorthopleura Barr 1976
Numbers
3 spp. in our area, 27 total(1)
N. binotata (Gorham) AZ to Guatemala
N. texana (Bland) FL-AZ & Mexico
N. thoracica (Say) e. NA
Size
our spp. 3-15 mm(2)
Identification
Dark red pronotum, dark brown elytra(2)
antennomeres entirely dark in N. thoracica, funicular segments paler in N. texana. --John Leavengood
Range
New World, mostly neotropical; in our area,
Works Cited
1.Revision of the New World genus Neorthopleura Barr (Coleoptera: Cleridae)
Opitz W. 2013. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (N.S.), 49: 1-35.
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.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 11 June, 2008 - 2:25am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 29 November, 2016 - 7:25pm

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