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

Genus Enoclerus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Checkered Beetle - Enoclerus nigrifrons Enoclerus laetus (Klug) - Enoclerus laetus Beetle - Enoclerus nigripes Enoclerus eximius Enoclerus rosmarus? - Enoclerus rosmarus Enoclerus ichneumoneus? - Enoclerus ichneumoneus Enoclerus quadrisignatus? - Enoclerus quadrisignatus Checkered Beetle - Enoclerus schaefferi
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 Enoclerus
Explanation of Names
Enoclerus Gahan 1910
Numbers
~40 spp. in our area(1), a lot more in Mesoamerica
Size
3‒24 mm(2)
Range
Across the continent
Habitat
under bark, in galls, around woody plants, rarely on foliage(2)
Food
larvae and adults are predacious; adults may feed on pollen, some species are attracted to carrion and "stored animal products"(2)
Remarks
Print References
Barr, W.F. (1976) Descriptions and taxonomic notes of Enoclerus and some allied genera (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Melanderia. 24: 17–35.
Rifkind J. (2016) Enoclerus Gahan: predators of chemically protected ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae and Coccinellidae). Insecta Mundi 0514: 1‒5.
Works Cited
1.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.
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Phillip Harpootlian, McClarinJ, Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 15 April, 2025 - 6:11pm

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