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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Clerinae » Trichodes » Red-blue Checkered Beetle (Trichodes nuttalli)

Species Trichodes nuttalli - Red-blue Checkered Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited
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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 nuttalli (Red-blue Checkered Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Trichodes nutalli (Kirby 1818)
Size
8-10 mm(1)
Range
e. NA to AB-CO(1)
Life Cycle
host: Chloealtis conspersa (Acrididae)(2)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.Revision of North American Trichodes (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Cleridae).
Foster, D.E. 1976. Texas Tech University Special Publications No. 11. 86 p.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 14 April, 2004 - 10:09pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 September, 2021 - 3:39pm

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