Cleridae

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Cleridae
Trogodendron fasciculatum
Trogodendron fasciculatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Cleridae
Latreille, 1802
Subfamilies

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Cleridae (common name: checkered beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea.

[edit] Subfamilies

  • Clerinae
  • Enopliinae
  • Epiphloeinae
  • Hydnocerinae
  • Korynetinae
  • Tarsosteninae
  • Tillinae

[edit] Identification

  • Gerstmeier, R. Checkered Beetles: Illustrated Key to the Cleridae of the Western Palaearctic Text in English/German

8 col plates, 304 text figs, maps. 241pp.

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