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Chariessa
Chariessa is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. There are about six described species in Chariessa.
Chariessa beetles are carnivorous and often associated with trees of the genus Quercus, likely due to a preference for lignicolous insects that live in oaks.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pilose Checkered Beetle
speciesChariessa pilosa
Vested Blue Clerid
speciesChariessa vestita
Chariessa texana
speciesChariessa texana
Chariessa catalina
speciesChariessa catalina
Chariessa elegans
speciesChariessa elegans
Blue Clerid
speciesChariessa dichroa
Chariessa duponti
speciesChariessa duponti
Chariessa ramicornis
speciesChariessa ramicornis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 174381.