Chariessa
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| Chariessa | |
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| Chariessa pilosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cleridae |
| Genus: | Chariessa Perty, 1832[1] |
| Type species | |
| Chariessa ramicornis Perty in Spix & Martius, 1832 | |
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Chariessa is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. There are about six described species in Chariessa.[2][3][4][5]
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.[6]
