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Species Trichodes ornatus - Ornate Checkered Beetle


Revision of North American Trichodes (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Cleridae).
By Foster, D.E.
Texas Tech University Special Publications No. 11. 86 p., 1976
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Foster, D.E. 1976. Revision of North American Trichodes (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Texas Tech University Special Publications No. 11. 86 p.

Insects of Western North America 8 The Checkered Beetle Genus Trichodes Herbst (Coleoptera: Cleridae): a pictorial key to North
By West, Daniel R
Colorado State University, 2014
Should be handy, pictures capture the intraspecific variation rampant in some species.

Contributions of the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Insects of Western North America

Colorado State University. Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management.
C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity.

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http://digitool.library.colostate.edu/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=281052

The ISBN on this publication (1084-8819) is the same one used on Dan Heffren's Cerambycidae of Colorado publication.

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.

Abstract

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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Classification, natural history, phylogeny, and subfamily composition of the Cleridae and generic content of the subfamilies
By Opitz W.
Entomologica Basiliensia et Collections Frey 32: 31–128, 2010
[i have a copy, courtesy Dr Opitz. =v=]

The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of Florida.
By Leavengood, Jr., J.M.
University of Florida, Gainesville. 206 pp., 2008
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Leavengood, Jr., J.M. (2008) The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of Florida. Unpublished thesis for the degree of Master of Science. University of Florida, Gainesville. 206 pp.