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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Clerinae » Trichodes » Trichodes oresterus

Species Trichodes oresterus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited
Trichodes oresterus Trichodes oresterus Wolcott - Trichodes oresterus Trichodes oresterus Wolcott - Trichodes oresterus colorful beetle - Trichodes oresterus Checkered Beetle - Trichodes oresterus
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 Trichodes
Species oresterus (Trichodes oresterus)
Explanation of Names
Trichodes oresterus Wolcott 1910
oresterus (G). 'mountain' (1)
Size
8.5-11.4 mm (Wolcott 1910)
Range
sw US (AZ to w.TX) / nc. Mex. - Map (2)(3), uncommon in AZ
Life Cycle
host: Megachile brevis (Megachilidae)(4)
Print References
Wolcott, A.B. 1910. Notes on some Cleridae of Middle and North America, with descriptions of new species. Field Museum of Natural History, Zool. Ser., 7(10): 339-401.
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Insects of Western North America 8 The Checkered Beetle Genus Trichodes Herbst (Coleoptera: Cleridae): a pictorial key to North
West, Daniel R. 2014. Colorado State University.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Revision of North American Trichodes (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Cleridae).
Foster, D.E. 1976. Texas Tech University Special Publications No. 11. 86 p.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 12 March, 2009 - 7:13pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 13 May, 2024 - 12:56am

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