Chariessa
Sign in to saveChariessa is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. There are about six described species in Chariessa.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 13
- Family
- Cleridae
- Collections
- CU, OSUC, NMSU
- Recorded in
- United States, Indonesia
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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.
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