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Species Trichodes nuttalli - Red-blue Checkered Beetle

Red-blue Checkered Beetle - Trichodes nuttalli

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

across much of n. NA (NB-AB-CO) - Map (1)(2)

Life Cycle

host: Chloealtis conspersa (Acrididae)(3)

Works Cited

1.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	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 13 May, 2024 - 1:15am

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