CLERIDAE Latreille, 1802
(checquered beetles)

CLERIDAE (checquered beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CLERIDAE (checquered beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 2 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCLERIDAE (checquered beetles)
SuperfamilyCLEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CLERIDAE (checquered beetles)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) 1979 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 6: Diversicornia Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 6, 366pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
  • Larvae

  • van Emden, F.I. 1943 Larvae of British Beetles IV: Various small families EMM 79: 263 EMM 78-9: 209-223.
  • Stored Product Pests

  • Mound, L. (ed) 1989 Common Insects of Stored Products: a guide to their identification. Economic Series, No 15, Seventh Edition edition, 68pp, British Museum (Natural History)

    CLERIDAE (checquered beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to CLERIDAE (checquered beetles):

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