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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Peloniinae » Chariessa » Chariessa pilosa

Species Chariessa pilosa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · 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 Peloniinae
Genus Chariessa
Species pilosa (Chariessa pilosa)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chariessa pilosa (Forster)
Orig. Comb: Lampyris pilosa Forster 1781
Explanation of Names
pilosa = 'hairy'
Size
Length 7.0-15.0 mm (1)
Identification
Pronotal discal black lines broad and proximal to each other (1)
♂ ♀
Range
mostly e. NA to Great Plains, plus scattered nw US records (1), the most widely distributed clerid species in NA
Habitat
on infested hardwoods and conifers(2)(3)
Season
May-July (BG data); Mar-Jul in FL(3)
Food
Larvae prey on wood-boring larvae(2)

Adults feed on insects attracted to freshly cut log during the summer.(4)
Remarks
One of the most common clerids in eastern forests(5)
Adults diurnal but come to lights(3)
Considered to be a mimic of fireflies (Lampyridae)(2)(3):
Internet References
Texas Entomology - Quinn 2008
Works Cited
1.Systematics of the checkered beetle genus Chariessa Perty
Opitz, W. 2017. Insecta Mundi 0574: 1-42.
2.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
3.The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of Florida.
Leavengood, Jr., J.M. 2008. University of Florida, Gainesville. 206 pp.
4.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
5.Catalogue of North American beetles of the family Cleridae
Wolcott A.B. 1947. Fieldiana: Zoology 32: 63–105.
Contributed by Cotinis on 25 October, 2004 - 6:38am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 22 July, 2023 - 12:14pm

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