CLERIDAE Latreille, 1802
(checquered beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Opilo mollis
a chequered beetle
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 		Species 7 images 1 ident. refs
Thanasimus femoralis
a chequered beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Thanasimus formicarius
Ant Beetle
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 		Species 10 images 1 ident. refs
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)

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 Ent. Mon. Mag. 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:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CLERIDAE (checquered beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CLERIDAE (checquered beetles)
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