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{{Short description|Checkered beetles}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Middle Jurassic|Recent}}
| image = PZSL1852PlateAnnulosa27.png
| image_caption = Some checkered beetles<br/>described in the mid-19th century
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Cleridae
| authority = [[Pierre André Latreille|Latreille]], 1802
| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
| subdivision = [[Clerinae]] <small>Latreille, 1802</small><br />
[[Enopliinae]] <small>Gistel, 1856 (disputed)</small><br />
[[Epiphloeinae]] <small>Gistel, 1856 (disputed)</small><br />
[[Hydnocerinae]] <small>Spinola, 1844</small><br />
[[Korynetinae]] <small>Laporte, 1836</small><br />
[[Tarsosteninae]] <small>Jacquelin du Val, 1861 (disputed)</small><br />
[[Thaneroclerinae]] <small>Chapin, 1921{{Verify source|date=April 2011}}<!-- "1924"? --> (but see [[#Systematics|text]])</small><br />
[[Tillinae]] <small>Leach, 1815</small><br />
and see [[#Systematics|below]]
}}
'''Cleridae''' are a family of [[beetle]]s of the superfamily [[Cleroidea]]. They are commonly known as '''checkered beetles'''. The family Cleridae has a worldwide distribution, and a variety of [[habitat]]s and feeding preferences.
Cleridae have many [[Ecological niche|niche]]s and feeding habits. Most genera are [[predaceous]] and feed on other beetles and larvae; however other genera are [[scavengers]] or [[pollen]] feeders. Clerids have elongated bodies with bristly hairs, are usually bright colored, and have variable [[Antenna (biology)|antennae]]. Checkered beetles range in length between {{Convert|3 and 24|mm|in}}. Cleridae can be identified based on their 5–5–5 [[tarsal formula]], division of [[sternite]]s, and the absence of a special type of vesicle. Female Cleridae lay between <span style="white-space:nowrap;">28–42</span> [[egg (biology)|eggs]] at a time predominately under the [[Bark (botany)|bark]] of trees. Larvae are predaceous and feed vigorously before pupation and subsequently emergence as adults.
Clerids have a minor significance in [[forensic entomology]]. Some species are occasionally found on carrion in the later dry stages of [[Decomposition|decay]]. Also, some species are pests ([[stored product entomology]]) and are found infesting various food products. Research efforts related to Cleridae have focused primarily on using certain species as biological controls. This is a very effective technique for controlling [[bark beetle]]s due to the voracious appetite of many clerid species.
==Description==
[[File:Enoclerus ichneumoneus.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Narrow pronotum in ''[[Enoclerus ichneumoneus]]'' ([[Clerinae]])]]
===Appearance===
Generally, checkered beetles are elongated and [[oval]] in shape and range from {{Convert|3–24|mm|in}} in length.<ref name="Johnson">{{cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Norman F. |last2=Triplehorn |first2=Charles A. |title=Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects |edition=7th |year=2004 |publisher=Brooks/Cole |location=Belmont |isbn=0-03-096835-6 |pages=365–400, 428–429}}</ref> Their entire bodies are covered with bristly hairs and many display an ornate body color pattern.<ref name="Johnson" /> These often brightly color patterns can be red, yellow, orange, or blue.<ref name="White">{{cite book |last1=White |first1=Richard E. |title=A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S9IK9OMjuNEC |access-date=2009-03-22 |edition=illustrated and revised |year=1998 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |location=New York |pages=208–209 |isbn=978-0-395-91089-4}}</ref> The antennae are clubbed at the tip for most species, but others can be "clubbed, saw-tooth, or thread-like."<ref name="Johnson" /><ref name="White" /> The pronotum region is nearly cylindrical and characteristically narrower than the [[elytra]] (special hardened front wings), while the head is as wide or wider than the [[prothorax|pronotum]].<ref name="White"/> Their elytra have tiny pits or depressions, and never expose more than two [[tergites]] ([[Dorsum (biology)|dorsal]] plates).<ref name="Johnson"/>
===Identification===
Clerid beetles fall under the suborder [[Polyphaga]]. Key characteristics of Polyphaga are that the hind [[Arthropod coxa|coxa]] (base of the leg), do not divide the first and second abdominal/ventral plates which are known as [[sternites]]. Also, the [[notopleuron|notopleural]] suture (found under the pronotal shield) is not present.<ref name="Johnson" /> To further identify Clerid beetles, a few additional characteristics need to be examined.
[[File:Tillus elongatus tarsus.jpg|thumb|right|5 rear leg tarsomeres of ''[[Tillus elongatus]]'' ([[Tillinae]])]]
Clerid beetles have unique legs that help to distinguish them from other families. Their [[arthropod leg|tarsal]] formula is 5–5–5, meaning that on each of the front, middle and hind legs there are 5 tarsomeres (individual subsegments of the feet/tarsi).<ref name="Johnson"/> One or more of these subsegments on each leg is typically lobed, and the 4th tarsomere is normally difficult to distinguish. Furthermore, an important feature that eliminates many other families of beetles is that clerids' front coxae (base of the leg) expose the second segment of the legs known as the trochanter.<ref name="Johnson"/>
The second defining characteristic of the family Cleridae is that clerids never have eversible vesicles (small usually hidden balloon-like structures thought to be scent glands) on their [[abdomen]] and [[pronotum]]. This characteristic distinguishes them from a similar family [[Melyridae]] which sometimes has these glands.<ref name="Johnson" /> This trait is very important in correctly differentiating checkered beetles from Melyridae.
==Distribution and ecology==
[[File:Trichodes ornatus on a flower.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Trichodes ornatus]]'' ([[Clerinae]]) on a flower]]
Cleridae can be found in the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and even in Australia. There are approximately 3,500 species in the world and about 500 species in North America.<ref name="Byrd">{{cite book |last1=Byrd |first1=Jason H. |editor1-first=Castner |editor1-last=James L. |title=Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations |edition=2nd |year=2001 |publisher=CRC Press |location=Boca Raton |isbn=0-8493-8120-7 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/forensicentomolo0000unse }}</ref> Due to this wide distribution there are many different [[habitats]] in which the checkered beetles can be found.
Many of the species are known as "flower visitors", that prey on other [[flower]] visiting [[insects]] and also feed on [[pollen]]. These species are found in moist, sunny environments where flowering plants are found in abundance.<ref name="Gerstmeier">{{cite book |last1=Gerstmeier |first1=Ronald |title=Checkered Beetles: Illustrated Key to the Cleridae and Thanerocleridae of the Western Palaearctic |year=1998 |publisher=Margraf Verlag |location=Weikersheim, Germany |pages=12–15}}</ref>
Another habitat commonly inhabited by clerid beetles is [[trees]]. These "tree living species" are found in forests across the world with various climates and an array of easily preyed upon insects. They seek protection under the bark and hunt for other insects above and below the [[Bark (botany)|bark]].<ref name="Gerstmeier"/> The primary source of prey for these bark living hunters is bark beetles.
The third type of clerid beetles is the "nest robbing species" which live in shrubbery and in trees. Unlike the tree living species, these species do not actually [[burrow]] into the bark. Nest robbing species typically hunt termite, bee, and wasp larvae, and one particular species has been noted to prey primarily on grasshopper egg masses.<ref name="Gerstmeier"/> Not all nest robbing species actively hunt live prey, some species for example prefer to feed only on dead honey bee larvae and adults.<ref name="Gerstmeier"/>
===Feeding habits===
The Cleridae contains many species of predaceous beetles that feed on other beetles and beetle larvae in their natural habitat.<ref name="Byrd"/> The most common prey item for checkered beetles are bark beetles and wood boring beetles.<ref name="Bellows">{{cite book |last1=Bellows |first1=Thomas S. |last2=Fisher |first2=T. W. |last3=Caltagirone |first3=L. E. |title=Handbook of biological control |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u2X-rfgU0ewC&q=cleridae+feeding&pg=PA429|access-date=2009-03-19 |year=1999 |publisher= Academic Press|location= San Diego|isbn=0-12-257305-6 |pages=429–430}}</ref>
In general, the bulk of adult Cleridae feed mainly on other adult beetles while the larvae stage feed on other beetle larvae. Some checkered beetles are known to have an extremely voracious appetite with some larvae able to consume "several times their own body weight" in a day.<ref name="U.S">{{cite book |title=Insects of eastern forests |url=http://www.barkbeetles.org/other/cleridae1.html |access-date=2009-03-22 |series=Misc. Publ. 1426 |year= 1985 |publisher=U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service |location=Washington D.C |pages=274–275 |others=U.S. Forestry Service}}</ref>
Although most species of checkered beetles are predaceous in nature, some are scavengers and others have been found feeding on flower pollen.<ref name="McNamara">McNamara, J. (1991) [http://www.canacoll.org/Coleo/Checklist/PDF%20files/CLERIDAE.pdf "Family Cleridae: checkered beetles"] (PDF). ''In'': Bousquet, Y. (Ed.). ''Checklist of the Beetles of Canada and Alaska''. Agriculture Canada Publication 1861/E. 208–211.</ref> Because of the checkered beetles predaceous nature and insatiable appetite, they are often key players in the [[biological control]] of other insects. The checkered beetles have also developed a unique adaptation to aid in their quest for prey. The beetles use [[pheromones]] to help them locate, kill, and consume their prey.<ref name="Costello">{{cite web |first=Sheryl |last=Costello |title=Clerid Beetles- Voracious Predators |url=http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/courses/en507/papers_2003/costello.pdf |publisher=Colorado State University Department of Entomology |pages=1–15 |year=2003 |access-date=2009-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724193406/http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/courses/en507/papers_2003/costello.pdf |archive-date=24 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:Necrobia rufipes.jpg|thumb|right|upright|''[[Necrobia rufipes]]'' ([[Korynetinae]])]]
The diversity of checkered beetle's feeding habits is quite evident when different species are examined. ''[[Necrobia]]'' [[species|spp.]] are attracted to dry carrion and other decomposing animal matter such as bones and skin as well as various meat products.<ref name="Majka">{{cite web |first=Christopher |last=Majka |title=A guide to the Cleridae of Atlantic Canada |url=http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/Cleridae.html |publisher=Chebucto Community Net |date=2006-06-20 |access-date=2009-03-19}}</ref> ''[[Thanasimus]]'' spp. are found in [[woodland]] areas where bark beetle species constitute their main source of [[prey]].<ref name="Majka" /> The primary source of prey for ''[[Phyllobaenus]]'' spp. are [[wood borer]]s, immature [[weevils]], and [[hymenoptera]] larvae.<ref name="Majka" /> One of the more diverse [[genera]] is ''[[Trichodes]]'', in which larvae feed on the pollen of flowering plants and adults prey upon grasshoppers and wasps.<ref name="Majka" />
===Life cycle===
The general life cycle of clerids has been known to last anywhere from 35 days to more than 3 years, and is strongly dependent on the life cycle of their prey.<ref name="Gredilha">{{cite journal |last=Gredilha |first=R. |author2=Lima, A. F. |date=February 2007 |title=First record of ''Necrobia rufipes'' (De Geer, 1775) (Coleoptera; Cleridae) associated with pet food in Brazil |journal=Brazilian Journal of Biology |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=187 |series=1 |url=http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bjb/v67n1/a26v67n1.pdf |doi=10.1590/S1519-69842007000100026 |pmid=17505768 |doi-access=free }}</ref> While the life cycle can vary in length between genus and species, temperature is also a major determinant in the length of time spent in each stage of development. The warmer the temperature is, the quicker the life cycle, and the cooler the temperature is the slower the life cycle. If temperatures dip below a threshold temperature for an extended period of time, clerids and most other insects will have growth and developmental progress arrested. Like all beetles, Cleridae follow a [[holometabolism|holometabolous]] life cycle: the egg hatches into a [[larva]], which grows and feeds, changing its skin to form a [[pupa]], and the pupa shedding its skin to emerge as an adult. The larvae of the majority of the known species of Cleridae feed upon the eggs and young of [[wood-boring beetle]]s, while the adults feed on the adult bark beetles.<ref name="Mahr">{{cite journal |last=Mahr |first=Susan |date=May 2000 |title=Know Your Friends Checkered Beetles |journal=Biological Control News |volume=7 |issue=1 |publisher=University of Wisconsin-Madison |url=http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/mbcn/kyf701.html |access-date=2009-03-20 |archive-date=29 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629052322/http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/mbcn/kyf701.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:Thanasimus dubius larva.jpg|thumb|left|Larva of ''[[Thanasimus dubius]]'']]
[[Copulation (zoology)|Copulation]] takes place while the female feeds, because females need a large amount of food for egg development.<ref name="Gorton">{{cite journal |last=Linsley |first=Earle G. |year=1936 |title=Studies in the genus ''Aulicus'' Spinola (Coleoptera-Cleridae) |journal=University of California Publications in Entomology |volume=6 |issue=9 |pages=249–262 |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley, California}}</ref> The female lays her eggs 36–72 hours after copulation. The eggs are laid in between pieces of bark on wood-borer-infested trees or under stones in the soil.<ref name="Mahr"/> She may lay 28–42 eggs at a time.<ref name="Gorton"/> For the longer-living species such as ''[[Thanasimus]],'' this occurs in late summer or early fall to give the [[larva]]e enough time for proper growth before having to [[overwinter]].<ref name="Ye">{{cite journal |last=Hue |first=Yi |date=2008-06-28 |title=Life Cycle of ''Thanasimus formicarius'' (Coleoptera: Cleridae) in Southern Norway |journal=Insect Science |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=55–62 |publisher=Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119830301/abstract |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105064056/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119830301/abstract |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-05 |doi=10.1111/j.1744-7917.1998.tb00298.x|s2cid=85273860 }}</ref>
When larvae hatch from their eggs, they are either red or yellow.<ref name="Mahr"/> Their bodies have a slender and flat appearance with short legs due to their minimal movement. The larvae are covered in hair and have two horn-type projections on the [[Dorsum (biology)|dorsal]] area of the last body segment.<ref name="Mahr"/> Immediately after birth, they start searching for food close to where they hatched. They feed on wood-borer insects on trees, or feed on their species' substrate or prey of choice.<ref name="Mahr"/> Feeding is the main purpose of the larval stage to prepare for pupation. Once their larval stage is complete the tree dwelling species make their way to the bottom of the tree to pupate.<ref name="Ye"/> The [[pupa]]l stage can last from 6 weeks to one year depending on the need to overwinter, and how short the overall life cycle is for a particular species. A majority of clerid species pupate in earthen cells which are made from soil and certain enzymes secreted from their mouths.<ref name="Mahr"/> The rest remain in pupal cells. Adult beetles emerge from pupation and spend a variable time of their life maturing, and eventually [[oviposition|oviposit]]. Sexually mature adults or [[imago]]s of ''Thanasiumus'' overwinter inside the wood-borer-infested trees and oviposit during the [[spring (season)|spring]].<ref name="Gorton"/>
==Forensic relevance==
===Stored product entomology===
''[[Necrobia rufipes]]'', commonly known as the red-legged ham beetle, is of particular importance in [[stored product entomology]]. It infests [[dried meat|dried]] or [[smoked meats]], especially those products that are stored unwrapped for long periods of time. Adults feed on the surface of the products, while the larvae damage the meat by boring down usually in the fatty parts.<ref name="Ebeling">{{cite web |first=Walter |last=Ebeling |title=Chapter 7 Pests of Stored Food Products |url=http://www.entomology.ucr.edu/ebeling/ebeling7.html#insects%20infesting%20meats%20and%20cheeses |work=Urban Entomology |publisher=University of California Riverside |date=2002-08-23 |access-date=2009-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108042922/http://www.entomology.ucr.edu/ebeling/ebeling7.html#insects%20infesting%20meats%20and%20cheeses |archive-date=8 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Necrobia rufipes'' has been recorded feeding upon a large variety of items ranging from hides and dried figs to Egyptian mummies.<ref name="Ebeling"/> In addition, products such as [[wool]] and [[silk]] can become infested, but not destroyed.<ref name="Ebeling"/>
===Medico-legal entomology===
Since clerids are predaceous in nature, they have been found feeding on fly larvae as well as the skin and bones of [[carrion]].<ref name="Majka" /> Most clerids are not useful in [[forensics]] because of their food choice, but some species such as ''Necrobia rufipes'' can be useful. ''Necrobia rufipes'' is attracted towards carrion in the later stages of decomposition, so its arrival on carrion can help provide an estimate for the [[post-mortem interval]] or PMI. Although the checkered beetle is not the most significant insect on carrion, the beetle's predaceous nature and its ability to reproduce in carrion that is exposed to the environment provides some forensic importance.<ref name="Souza">{{cite journal |last=Souza |first=Adriana |author2=Linhares, Aricio |date=28 June 2008|title=Diptera and Coleoptera of potential forensic importance in southeastern Brazil: relative abundance and seasonality |journal=Medical and Veterinary Entomology |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=8–12 |publisher=Royal Entomological Society |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119171541/abstract |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105135927/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119171541/abstract |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 January 2013 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00284.x |pmid=9061672|s2cid=30551315 }}</ref>
[[File:Thanasimus dubius Attacking Prey.jpg|thumb|''[[Thanasimus dubius]]'' attacking bark beetle prey]]
==Ongoing research==
There is ongoing research with some clerid species. Forensic research is limited because of their late arrival on carrion, but members such as ''[[Thanasimus undatulus]]'' have been researched as a possible role in [[integrated pest management]] or IPM. ''Thanasimus undatulus'' is a predator of bark beetles. Some species of bark beetles such as the [[southern pine beetle]] and the [[mountain pine beetle]] can become pests to the [[lumber]] industry because in large numbers they can cause damage and kill live trees. ''Thanasimus undatulus'' has been researched as a possible [[biological control]] agent for these pests. Researchers and forestry officials have used bark beetle aggregation pheromones to attract the checkered beetle to specific trees. This causes the bark beetles to be overwhelmed, extensively preyed upon by the clerid beetles, and typically eliminated.<ref name="Poland">{{cite journal |last=Poland |first=Therese M. |author2=Borden, John H. |date=December 1997 |title=Attraction of bark beetle predator, Thanasimus undatulus (Coleoptera: Cleridae), to pheromones of the spruce beetle and two secondary bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) |journal=Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia |volume=94 |pages=35–41 |url=http://nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/1997/nc_1997_Poland_001.pdf |access-date=2009-03-20 |archive-date=27 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727201518/http://nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/1997/nc_1997_Poland_001.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
There is also additional research being done pertaining to the impact of clerids on pollination in flowers.<ref name="Ecological">{{cite journal |last=Mawdsley |first=Jonathan R. |year=2002 |title=Ecological notes on species of Cleridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) associated with the prairie flora of central North America |journal=The Great Lakes Entomologist |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=15–22 |url=http://libraryportals.com/PCDL/research/122 |access-date=2009-03-20}}</ref>
==Systematics==
The [[genera]] of Cleridae are divided among several [[subfamilies]], though some genera still defy easy classification. Several [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomic]] schemes exist, recognizing for example a group around ''[[Neorthopleura]]'' as distinct subfamily [[Neorthopleurinae]], or splitting off the Thaneroclerinae as distinct family, or circumscribing the Korynetinae ''[[sensu stricto]]'' or ''[[sensu lato]]''. The following list of tribes and selected genera is thus preliminary. Some notable species are also listed. The oldest members of the family are ''[[Protoclerus]]'' and ''[[Wangweiella]]'' the late [[Middle Jurassic]] ([[Callovian]]) [[Tiaojishan Formation|Daohugou bed]] in Inner Mongolia, China.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kolibáč|first1=Jiří|last2=Huang|first2=Diying|date=October 2016|title=The oldest known clerid fossils from the Middle Jurassic of China, with a review of Cleridae systematics (Coleoptera)|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/syen.12192|journal=Systematic Entomology|language=en|volume=41|issue=4|pages=808–823|doi=10.1111/syen.12192|s2cid=89399958}}</ref><!-- list species here if they have no genus article yet -->
[[File:Clerus mutillarius01.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Clerus mutillarius]]'' ([[Clerinae]])]]
[[File:Phymatophaea guttigera.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Phymatophaea guttigera]]'' ([[Enopliinae]])]]
[[File:Lemidia aptera.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Lemidia aptera]]'' ([[Hydnocerinae]])]]
[[File:Necrobia violacea.JPG|thumb|right|''[[Necrobia violacea]]'' ([[Korynetinae]])]]
[[File:Tarsostenus univittatus-Curtis.png|thumb|right|''[[Tarsostenus univittatus]]'' ([[Tarsosteninae]])]]
[[File:Diplocladus kuwerti.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Diplocladus kuwerti]]'' ([[Tillinae]])]]
[[File:Dermestoides.sanguinicollis.-.calwer.28.14.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Dermestoides sanguinicollis]]'' (''[[incertae sedis]]'')]]
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'''[[Clerinae]]'''
* ''[[Allonyx]]'' <small>Jacquelin du Val, 1860</small>
* ''[[Anthicoclerus]]'' <small>Schenkling, 1906</small>
* ''[[Aphelochroa]]'' <small>Quedenfeldt, 1885</small>
* ''[[Apopempsis]]'' <small>Schenkling, 1903</small>
* ''[[Apteroclerus]]'' <small>Wollaston, 1867</small>
* ''[[Aptinoclerus]]'' <small>[[August Ferdinand Kuwert|Kuwert]], 1893</small>
* ''[[Aradamicula]]'' <small>Sedlacek & Winkler, 1975</small>
* †''[[Arawakis]]'' ([[fossil]])
* ''[[Astigmus]]'' <small>Kuwert, 1894</small>
* ''[[Aulicus]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
* ''[[Axina]]'' <small>Kirby, 1818</small>
* ''[[Balcus]]''
* ''[[Barriella]]'' <small>Opitz, 2003</small>
* ''[[Barrotillus]]'' <small>Rifkind, 1996</small>
* ''[[Blaxima]]'' <small>Gorham, 1882</small>
* ''[[Bousquetoclerus]]'' <small>Menier, 1997</small>
* ''[[Burgeoneus]]'' <small>Pic, 1950</small>
* ''[[Caestron]]'' <small>Dupont in Spinola, 1844</small>
* ''[[Calendyma]]'' <small>Lacordaire, 1857</small>
* ''[[Canariclerus]]'' <small>Winkler, 1982</small>
* ''[[Cardiostichus]]'' <small>Quedenfeldt, 1885</small>
* ''[[Caridopus]]'' <small>Schenkling in Sjöstedt, 1908</small>
* ''[[Cleromorpha]]'' <small>Gorham, 1876</small>
* ''[[Cleropiestus]]'' <small>Fairmaire, 1889</small>
* ''[[Clerus]]'' <small>Fabricius, 1775</small>
* ''[[Clytomadius]]'' <small>[[Johannes Bastiaan Corporaal|Corporaal]], 1949</small>
* ''[[Colyphus]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
* ''[[Coptoclerus]]'' <small>Chapin, 1924</small>
* ''[[Cormodes]]'' <small>Pascoe, 1860</small>
* ''[[Corynommadius]]'' <small>Schenkling, 1899</small>
* ''[[Ctenaxina]]'' <small>Schenkling, 1906</small>
* ''[[Ctenoclerus]]'' <small>Solervicens, 1997</small>
* ''[[Dasyceroclerus]]'' <small>Kuwert, 1894</small>
* ''[[Dasyteneclines]]'' <small>Pic, 1941</small>
* ''[[Dieropsis]]'' <small>Gahan, 1908</small>
* ''[[Dologenitus]]'' <small>Opitz, 2009</small><!-- *AnnalsOfCarnegieMuseum78:1. -->
* ''[[Dozocolletus]]'' <small>Chevrolat, 1842</small>
* ''[[Eburiphora]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
* ''[[Eburneoclerus]]'' <small>Pic, 1950</small>
* ''[[Ekisius]]'' <small>Winkler, 1987</small>
* ''[[Eleale]]'' <small>Newman, 1840</small>
* ''[[Enoclerus]]'' <small>Gahan, 1910</small>
* ''[[Epiclines]]'' <small>Chevrolat in Guérin-Ménéville, 1839</small>
* ''[[Eunatalis]]'' <small>Schenkling, 1909</small>
** ''[[Eunatalis porcata]]''
* ''[[Erymanthus (beetle)|Erymanthus]]''<!-- "Eurymanthus" is lapsus --> <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
* ''[[Eurymetomorphon]]'' <small>Pic, 1950</small>
* ''[[Falsomadius]]'' <small>Gerstmeier, 2002</small>
* ''[[Falsoorthrius]]'' <small>Pic, 1940</small>
* ''[[Graptoclerus]]'' <small>Gorham, 1901</small>
* ''[[Gyponyx]]'' <small>Gorham, 1883</small>
* ''[[Hemitrachys]]'' <small>Gorham, 1876</small>
* ''[[Homalopilo]]'' <small>Schenkling, 1915</small>
* ''[[Inhumeroclerus]]'' <small>Pic, 1955</small>
* ''[[Jenjouristia]]'' <small>Fursov, 1936</small>
* ''[[Languropilus]]'' <small>Pic, 1940</small>
* ''[[Lissaulicus]]'' <small>C.O.Waterhouse, 1879</small>
* ''[[Memorthrius]]'' <small>Pic, 1940</small>
* ''[[Metademius]]'' <small>Schenkling, 1899</small>
* ''[[Microclerus]]'' <small>Wollaston, 1867</small>
* ''[[Micropteroclerus]]'' <small>Chapin, 1920</small>
* ''[[Microstigmatium]]'' <small>Kraatz, 1899</small>
* ''[[Mimolesterus]]'' <small>Gerstmeier, 1991</small>
* ''[[Mitrandiria]]'' <small>Kolibac, 1997</small>
* ''[[Myrmecomaea]]'' <small>Fairmaire, 1886</small>
* ''[[Natalis (beetle)|Natalis]]'' <small>Laporte de Castelnau, 1836</small>
* ''[[Neogyponyx]]'' <small>Schenkling, 1906</small>
* ''[[Neoscrobiger]]'' <small>Blackburn, 1900</small>
* ''[[Ohanlonella]]'' <small>Rifkind, 2008</small>
* ''[[Olesterus]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
* ''[[Omadius]]''<!-- "Omadis" is lapsus --> <small>Laporte de Castelnau, 1836</small>
* ''[[Oodontophlogistus]]'' <small>Elston, 1923</small>
* ''[[Operculiphorus]]'' <small>Kuwert, 1894</small>
* ''[[Opilo]]'' <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
* ''[[Orthrius]]'' <small>Gorham, 1876</small>
* ''[[Oxystigmatium]]'' <small>Kraatz, 1899</small>
* ''[[Phlogistomorpha]]'' <small>Hintz, 1908</small>
* ''[[Phlogistus]]'' <small>Gorham, 1876</small>
* ''[[Phloiocopus]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
* ''[[Phonius]]'' <small>Chevrolat, 1843</small>
* ''[[Pieleus]]'' <small>Pic, 1940</small>
* ''[[Placocerus]]'' <small>Klug, 1837</small>
* ''[[Placopterus]]'' <small>Wolcott, 1910</small>
* ''[[Plathanocera]]'' <small>Schenkling, 1902</small>
* ''[[Platyclerus]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
* ''[[Priocera]]'' <small>Kirby, 1818</small>
* ''[[Priocleromorphus]]'' <small>Pic, 1950</small>
* ''[[Prioclerus]]'' <small>Hintz, 1902</small>
* ''[[Pseudolesterus]]'' <small>Miyatake, 1968</small>
* ''[[Pseudomadius]]'' <small>Chapin, 1924</small>
* ''[[Pujoliclerus]]'' <small>Pic, 1947</small>
* ''[[Sallea]]'' <small>Chevrolat, 1874</small>
* ''[[Scrobiger]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
* ''[[Sedlacekius]]'' <small>Winkler, 1972</small>
* ''[[Sikorius]]'' <small>Kuwert, 1893</small>
* ''[[Stigmatium]]''<!-- "Stimatium" is lapsus --> <small>Gray in Griffith, 1832</small>
* ''[[Systenoderes]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
* ''[[Tanocleria]]'' <small>Hong, 2002</small>
* ''[[Thalerocnemis]]'' <small>Lohde, 1900</small>
* ''[[Thanasimodes]]'' <small>Murray, 1867</small>
* ''[[Thanasimus]]'' <small>Latreille, 1806</small>
** ''[[Thanasimus formicarius]]'' &ndash; [[Ant Beetle]]
* ''[[Tillicera]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
* ''[[Trichodes]]'' <small>Herbst, 1792</small>
** ''[[Trichodes alvearius]]''
** ''[[Trichodes apiarius]]''
** ''[[Trichodes leucopsideus]]''
* ''[[Trogodendron]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
** ''[[Trogodendron fasciculatum]]'' &ndash; [[Yellow-horned Clerid]]
* ''[[Wilsonoclerus]]''
* ''[[Winklerius]]'' <small>Menier, 1986</small>
* ''[[Wittmeridecus]]'' <small>Winkler, 1981</small>
* ''[[Xenorthrius]]'' <small>Gorham, 1892</small>
* ''[[Zahradnikius]]'' <small>Winkler, 1992</small>
* ''[[Zenithicola]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
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'''[[Enopliinae]]''' (sometimes in Korynetinae)
* ''[[Antygodera]]''
* ''[[Apolopha]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
* ''[[Corinthiscus]]'' <small>Fairmaire & Germain, 1861</small>
* ''[[Cregya]]'' <small>LeConte, 1861</small>
* ''[[Curacavi (beetle)|Curacavi]]''
* ''[[Enoplium]]'' <small>Latreille, 1802</small>
* ''[[Exochonotus]]''
* ''[[Hublella]]''
* ''[[Lasiodera]]'' <small>Gray in Griffith, 1832</small>
* ''[[Neopylus]]'' <small>Solervicens, 1989</small>
* ''[[Paracregya]]''
* ''[[Pelonium]]''
* ''[[Phymatophaea]]''<!-- "Phymatophea" is lapsus --> <small>Pascoe, 1876</small>
* ''[[Platynoptera]]'' <small>Chevrolat, 1834</small>
* ''[[Pseudichnea]]'' <small>Schenkling, 1900</small>
* ''[[Pylus (beetle)|Pylus]]'' <small>Newman, 1840</small>
* ''[[Pyticara]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small> (including ''Pelonides''<!-- Kuwert, 1894 -->)
* ''[[Teneroides]]'' <small>Gahan, 1910</small>
* ''[[Tenerus (beetle)|Tenerus]]'' <small>Laporte de Castelnau, 1836</small>
* ''[[Thriocerodes]]'' <small>Wolcott & Dybas, 1947</small>
'''[[Epiphloeinae]]''' (sometimes in Korynetinae)
* ''[[Acanthocollum]]''
* ''[[Amboakis]]''
* ''[[Decaphloeus]]''
* ''[[Decorosa]]'' <small>Opitz, 2008</small>
* ''[[Diapromeces]]'' <small>Opitz, 1997</small>
* ''[[Ellipotoma]]'' <small>Spinola, 1844</small>
* ''[[Epiphloeus]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
* ''[[Hapsidopteris]]'' <small>Opitz, 1997</small>
* ''[[Ichnea]]'' <small>Laporte de Castelnau, 1836</small>
* ''[[Iontoclerus]]'' <small>Opitz, 1997</small>
* ''[[Katamyurus]]'' <small>Opitz, 1997</small>
* ''[[Madoniella]]'' <small>Pic, 1935</small>
* ''[[Megaphloeus]]''
* ''[[Megatrachys]]'' <small>Opitz, 1997</small>
* ''[[Opitzius]]'' <small>Barr, 2006</small><!-- "Opitzia" a different genus or a lapsus? -->
* ''[[Parvochaetus]]'' <small>Opitz, 2006</small>
* ''[[Pennasolis]]'' <small>Opitz, 2008</small>
* ''[[Pericales]]''
* ''[[Pilosirus]]'' <small>Opitz, 1997</small>
* ''[[Plocamocera]]'' <small>Spinola, 1844</small>
* ''[[Pteroferus]]''
* ''[[Pyticeroides]]'' <small>Kuwert, 1894</small>
* ''[[Silveirasia]]''
* ''[[Stegnoclava]]''
* ''[[Turbophloeus]]''
'''[[Hydnocerinae]]''' (including Phyllobaeninae)
* ''[[Abrosius (beetle)|Abrosius]]'' <small>Fairmaire, 1902</small>
* ''[[Achlamys]]'' <small>C.O.Waterhouse, 1879</small>
* ''[[Allelidea]]'' <small>G.R.Waterhouse, 1839</small>
* ''[[Blaesiophthalmus]]'' <small>Schenkling, 1903</small>
* ''[[Brachycallimerus]]'' <small>Chapin, 1924</small>
* ''[[Brachyptevenus]]''
* ''[[Callimerus]]'' <small>Gorham, 1876</small>
* ''[[Cephaloclerus]]'' <small>Kuwert, 1893</small>
* ''[[Cucujocallimerus]]'' <small>Pic, 1929</small>
* ''[[Emmepus]]'' <small>Motschulsky, 1845</small>
* ''[[Eurymetopum]]'' <small>Blanchard, 1842</small>
* ''[[Isohydnocera]]'' <small>Chapin, 1917</small>
* ''[[Isolemidia]]'' <small>Gorham, 1877</small>
* ''[[Laiomorphus]]'' <small>Pic, 1927</small>
* ''[[Lasiocallimerus]]'' <small>[[Johannes Bastiaan Corporaal|Corporaal]], 1939</small>
* ''[[Lemidia]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
* ''[[Neohydnus]]'' <small>Gorham, 1892</small>
* ''[[Parmius]]'' <small>Sharp, 1877</small>
* ''[[Paupris]]'' <small>Sharp, 1877</small>
* ''[[Phyllobaenus]]'' <small>Dejean, 1837</small>
* ''[[Silviella (beetle)|Silviella]]'' <small>Solervicens, 1987</small>
* ''[[Solemidia]]''
* ''[[Stenocallimerus]]'' <small>[[Johannes Bastiaan Corporaal|Corporaal]]& Pic, 1940</small>
* ''[[Theano (beetle)|Theano]]'' <small>Laporte de Castelnau, 1836</small>
* ''[[Wolcottia]]'' <small>Chapin, 1917</small>
'''[[Korynetinae]]'''
* ''[[Chariessa]]'' <small>Perty in Spix & Martius, 1830</small>
* ''[[Korynetes]]'' <small>Herbst, 1792</small>
** ''[[Korynetes caeruleus]]'' &ndash; [[steely blue beetle]]
* ''[[Lebasiella]]'' <small>Spinola, 1844</small>
* ''[[Loedelia]]'' <small>R.Lucas, 1918</small>
* ''[[Necrobia]]'' <small>Latreille, 1797</small><ref>{{cite journal|last=Bousquet|first=Y.|year=2018|title=The dating of the fourth volume of Guillaume-Antoine Olivier's "Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes"|journal=[[ZooKeys]]|issue=734|pages=137–148|doi=10.3897/zookeys.734.22901|pmid=29674858 |pmc=5904342 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
** ''[[Necrobia ruficollis]]'' &ndash; [[red-shouldered ham beetle]]
** ''[[Necrobia rufipes]]'' &ndash; [[red-legged ham beetle]]
* ''[[Neorthopleura]]'' <small>Barr, 1976</small>
* ''[[Opetiopalpus]]'' <small>Spinola, 1844</small>
* ''[[Romanaeclerus]]'' <small>Winkler, 1960</small>
'''[[Tarsosteninae]]''' (sometimes in Korynetinae)
* ''[[Paratillus]]'' <small>Gorham, 1876</small>
* ''[[Tarsostenodes]]'' <small>Blackburn, 1900</small>
* ''[[Tarsostenus]]'' <small>Spinola, 1844</small>
'''[[Thaneroclerinae]]''' (tentatively placed here)
* ''[[Cleridopsis]]'' <small>Champion, 1913</small>
* ''[[Compactoclerus]]'' <small>Pic, 1939</small>
* ''[[Cyrtinoclerus]]'' <small>Chapin, 1924</small>
* ''[[Isoclerus]]'' <small>Lewis, 1892</small>
* ''[[Meprinogenus]]'' <small>Kolibáč, 1992</small>
* ''[[Neoclerus]]'' <small>Lewis, 1892</small>
* ''[[Onerunka]]'' <small>Kolibáč</small>
* ''[[Thaneroclerus]]'' <small>Lefebvre, 1838</small>
* ''[[Viticlerus]]''
* ''[[Zenodosus]]'' <small>Wolcott, 1910</small>
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'''[[Tillinae]]'''
* ''[[Antenius]]'' <small>Fairmaire, 1903</small>
* ''[[Arachnoclerus]]'' <small>Fairmaire, 1902</small>
* ''[[Araeodontia]]'' <small>Barr, 1952</small>
* ''[[Archalius]]'' <small>Fairmaire, 1903</small>
* ''[[Aroterus]]'' <small>Schenkling, 1906</small>
* ''[[Basilewskyus]]'' <small>Pic, 1950</small>
* ''[[Biflabellotillus]]'' <small>Pic, 1949</small>
* ''[[Bilbotillus]]'' <small>Kolibac, 1997</small>
* ''[[Bogcia]]'' <small>Barr, 1978</small>
* ''[[Bostrichoclerus]]'' <small>Van Dyke, 1938</small>
* ''[[Callotillus]]'' <small>Wolcott, 1911</small>
* ''[[Ceratocopus]]'' <small>Hintz, 1902</small>
* ''[[Chilioclerus]]'' <small>Solervicens, 1976</small>
* ''[[Cladiscopallenis]]'' <small>Pic, 1949</small>
* ''[[Cladiscus]]'' <small>Chevrolat, 1843</small>
* ''[[Cladomorpha]]'' <small>Pic, 1949</small>
* ''[[Cteniopachys]]'' <small>Fairmaire, 1889</small>
* ''[[Cylidroctenus]]'' <small>Kraatz, 1899</small>
* ''[[Cylidrus]]'' <small>Latreille, 1825</small>
* ''[[Cymatodera]]'' <small>Gray in Griffith, 1832</small>
* ''[[Cymatoderella]]'' <small>Barr, 1962</small>
* ''[[Dedana]]'' <small>Fairmaire, 1888</small>
* ''[[Denops]]'' <small>Fischer von Waldheim, 1829</small>
* ''[[Diplocladus]]'' <small>Fairmaire, 1885</small>
* ''[[Diplopherusa]]'' <small>Heller, 1921</small>
* ''[[Eburneocladiscus]]'' <small>Pic, 1955</small>
* ''[[Egenocladiscus]]'' <small>[[Johannes Bastiaan Corporaal|Corporaal]]& van der Wiel, 1949</small>
* ''[[Elasmocylidrus]]'' <small>[[Johannes Bastiaan Corporaal|Corporaal]], 1939</small>
* ''[[Enoploclerus]]'' <small>Hintz, 1902</small>
* ''[[Eucymatodera]]'' <small>Schenkling, 1899</small>
* ''[[Falsopallenis]]'' <small>Pic, 1926</small>
* ''[[Falsotillus]]'' <small>Gerstmeier & Kuff, 1992</small>
* ''[[Flabellotilloidea]]'' <small>Gerstmeier & Kuff, 1992</small>
* ''[[Gastrocentrum]]'' <small>Gorham, 1876</small>
* ''[[Gracilotillus]]'' <small>Pic, 1933</small>
* ''[[Impressopallenis]]'' <small>Pic, 1953</small>
* ''[[Isocymatodera]]'' <small>Hintz, 1902</small>
* ''[[Lecontella]]'' <small>Wolcott & Chapin, 1918</small>
* ''[[Leptoclerus]]'' <small>Kraatz, 1899</small>
* ''[[Liostylus]]'' <small>Fairmaire, 1886</small>
* ''[[Macroliostylus]]'' <small>Pic, 1939</small>
* ''[[Magnotillus]]'' <small>Pic, 1936</small>
* ''[[Melanoclerus]]'' <small>Chapin, 1919</small>
* ''[[Microtillus]]'' <small>Pic, 1950</small>
* ''[[Monophylla]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
* ''[[Neocallotillus]]'' <small>Burke, 2016</small>
* ''[[Nodepus]]'' <small>Gorham, 1892</small>
* ''[[Notocymatodera]]'' <small>Schenkling, 1907</small>
* ''[[Onychotillus]]'' <small>Chapin, 1945</small>
* ''[[Orthocladiscus]]'' <small>[[Johannes Bastiaan Corporaal|Corporaal]]& van der Wiel, 1949</small>
* ''[[Pallenis (beetle)|Pallenis]]'' <small>Laporte de Castelnau, 1836</small>
* ''[[Paracladiscus]]'' <small>Miyatake, 1965</small>
* ''[[Paradoxocerus]]'' <small>Kraatz, 1899</small>
* ''[[Paraspinoza]]'' <small>[[Johannes Bastiaan Corporaal|Corporaal]], 1942</small>
* ''[[Philocalus (beetle)|Philocalus]]'' <small>Klug, 1842</small>
* ''[[Picoclerus]]'' <small>[[Johannes Bastiaan Corporaal|Corporaal]], 1936</small>
* †''[[Prospinoza]]'' (fossil)
* ''[[Pseudachlamys]]'' <small>Duvivier, 1892</small>
* ''[[Pseudogyponix]]'' <small>Pic, 1939</small>
* ''[[Pseudopallenis]]'' <small>Kuwert, 1893</small>
* ''[[Pseudoteloclerus]]'' <small>Pic, 1932</small>
* ''[[Rhopaloclerus]]'' <small>Fairmaire, 1886</small>
* ''[[Smudlotillus]]'' <small>Kolibac, 1997</small>
* ''[[Spinoza (beetle)|Spinoza]]'' <small>Lewis, 1892</small>
* ''[[Stenocylidrus]]'' <small>Spinola, 1844</small>
* ''[[Strotocera]]'' <small>Schenkling, 1902</small>
* ''[[Synellapotillus]]'' <small>Pic, 1939</small>
* ''[[Synellapus]]'' <small>Fairmaire, 1903</small>
* ''[[Teloclerus]]'' <small>Schenkling, 1903</small>
* ''[[Tilloclerus]]'' <small>White, 1849</small>
* ''[[Tillodadiscus]]'' <small>Pic, 1953</small>
* ''[[Tillodenops]]'' <small>Hintz, 1905</small>
* ''[[Tilloidea]]'' <small>Laporte de Castelnau, 1832</small>
* ''[[Tillus]]'' <small>Olivier, 1790</small>
* ''[[Tylotosoma]]'' <small>Hintz, 1902</small>
'''''[[Incertae sedis]]'''''
* ''[[Aphelocerus]]'' <small>Kirsch, 1871</small> (Clerinae? Tillinae?)
* ''[[Apteropilo]]'' <small>Lea, 1908</small> (Clerinae? Enopliinae?)
* ''[[Cleropiestus]]'' <small>Fairmaire, 1889</small> (Clerinae? Hydnocerinae?)
* ''[[Dermestoides]]'' <small>Schaeffer, 1771</small> (Korynetinae ''[[sensu lato|s.l.]]''?)
* ''[[Evenoclerus]]'' <small>[[Johannes Bastiaan Corporaal|Corporaal]], 1950</small> (Clerinae? Hydnocerinae?)
* ''[[Muisca (beetle)|Muisca]]'' <small>Spinola, 1844</small> (Clerinae? Enopliinae?)
* ''[[Parapelonides]]'' <small>Barr, 1980</small> (Korynetinae ''s.l.''?)
* ''[[Perilypus]]'' <small>Spinola, 1841</small> (Clerinae? Tillinae?)
* ''[[Syriopelta]]'' <small>Winkler, 1984</small> (Korynetinae ''s.l.''?)
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==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
{{Wikispecies|Cleridae}}
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.zin.ru/ANIMALIA/COLEOPTERA/eng/atl_cl.htm Atlas of checkered beetles (Cleridae) of Russia]
* [http://www.coleoptera.org/p1684.htm Roland Gerstmeier publications on Cleridae]
* [http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/environment/NHR/Cleridae.html Cleridae of Atlantic Canada]
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