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Living a lie: The truth behind Isohydnocera curtipennis (Newman) and other historically confused species of Phyllobaenus...
By Leavengood JM, Jr.
Insecta Mundi 1105: 1–17., 2025
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Leavengood JM, Jr. 2025. Living a lie: The truth behind Isohydnocera curtipennis (Newman) and other historically confused species of Phyllobaenus Dejean, with the description of the new genus Neohydnocera (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae: Hydnocerini: Hydnocerina). Insecta Mundi 1105: 1–17.

New synonymies sensu Barr for the checkered beetle subfamily Hydnocerinae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae)
By Barr, William F.
Insecta Mundi, 2018

Nomenclatural and distributional notes regarding some North American spp. of Phyllobaenus (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Hydnocerinae).
By Leavengood Jr., J.M.
Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 13(59): 471-480., 2014
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Leavengood Jr., J.M. 2014. Nomenclatural and distributional notes regarding some North American species of Phyllobaenus (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Hydnocerinae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 13(59): 471-480.

Abstract

Hydnocera tibialis Wolcott, 1910 is synonymized under Phyllobaenus caeruleipennis (Wolcott, 1908); Hydnocera commixta Chapin, 1922, Hydnocera mira Wolcott, 1928, as well as Hydnocera humeralis var.

Notes on identification, distribution, & natural history of Phyllobaenus corticinus (Cleridae), plus report of 1st US record.
By Leavengood, Jr., J.M., R.M. Gemmill, B.Raber and M.A. Quinn.
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 66(4): 351-356., 2012
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Leavengood, Jr., J.M., R.M. Gemmill, B.Raber and M.A. Quinn. 2012. Notes on the identification, distribution, and natural history of Phyllobaenus corticinus (Gorham, 1883) (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Hydnocerinae), including the first report from the United States. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 66(4): 351-356.

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The checkered beetle, Phyllobaenus corticinus (Gorham), previously known only from Mexico and Guatemala, is recorded as a new country record for the United States, based on specimens from Cameron County, Texas.

Preliminary survey of the checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
By Hernández-May, M.A. et al.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(2): 661-669., 2021
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Manuel Alberto Hernández-May, Manuel Pérez-De La Cruz, Víctor Hugo Toledo-Hernández, Jacques Rifkind, John M. Leavengood Jr., Guillermo Arturo Guzmán-Vega, Santiago Niño-Maldonado. 2021. Preliminary survey of the checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of Tamaulipas, Mexico.. The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(2): 661-669.

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Twenty-three genera and 51 species of Cleridae are reported for the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, representing 24% of all the species known from the country. It is anticipated that many species remain to be found.

Notes on some Cleridae of Middle and North America, with descriptions of new species.
By Wolcott, A.B.
Field Museum of Natural History, Zool. Ser., 7(10): 339-401., 1910
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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

The checkered beetles of north central Mexico (Coleoptera, Cleridae)
By Patricia Vaurie
American Museum novitates, no. 1597, Dec 9, 1952
Patricia Vaurie, The checkered beetles of north central Mexico (Coleoptera, Cleridae), American Museum novitates, no. 1597, Dec 9, 1952.

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Synopsis of the species of Cymatodera and Trichodes of the United States
By George H. Horn
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 5 (1874 - 1876)
George H. Horn, Synopsis of the species of Cymatodera and Trichodes of the United States, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 5 (1874 - 1876): 220-232.

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