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Placopterus

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Placopterus

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Placopterus is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. There are at least four described species in Placopterus.

Species

Black and Red Checkered Beetle

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyCleridae
Observations761

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4
Family
Cleridae
Collections
OSUC
Recorded in
Mexico, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Cleridae
Image
Placopterus thoracicus P1420349a.jpg
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taxon name
Placopterus
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Commons category
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Encyclopedic overview

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Placopterus is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. There are at least four described species in Placopterus.

==Species== These four species belong to the genus Placopterus: Placopterus cyanipennis (Klug, 1842) Placopterus haagi (Chevrolat, 1876) Placopterus subcostatus (Schaeffer, 1917) Placopterus thoracicus (Olivier, 1795)

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