Neorthopleura thoracica in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/20/2022). Verified by Bruce Tilden/BugGuide.
Neorthopleura thoracica in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/26/2024). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A Neorthopleura thoracica in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/12/2020). Verified by Blaine Mathison/BugGuide.
A Neorthopleura thoracica in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/13/2017). Determined by Brad Barnd/BugGuide.
A Neorthopleura thoracica in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/14/2017). Determined by Bruce Tilden/BugGuide.
Neorthopleura thoracica in Washington Co., Maryland (7/7/2023). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Neorthopleura thoracica in Washington Co., Maryland (6/25/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Neorthopleura thoracica in Allegany Co. (6/22/2024). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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| Neorthopleura thoracica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cleridae |
| Genus: | Neorthopleura |
| Species: | N. thoracica
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| Binomial name | |
| Neorthopleura thoracica (Say, 1823)
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Neorthopleura thoracica is a species of checkered beetle in the family Cleridae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, and North America.[1][2][3] Adults prey upon wood-boring beetles, and can found in dead wood, especially oak. [4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Neorthopleura thoracica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Neorthopleura thoracica". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Neorthopleura thoracica species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Traylor, Clayton R.; Ulyshen, Michael D.; Cornish, J. Winston; Tigreros, Gabriel; McHugh, Joseph V. (2025-03-14). "Progress toward a list of saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) in the southeastern USA". ZooKeys. 1232: 15. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 11976159. PMID 40201198.
Further reading
[edit]- Barr, William F. (1976). "Taxonomy of the new clerid genus Neorthopleura (Coleoptera)". Melanderia. 24: 1–14.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
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