Pelonides Explained

Pelonides is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. There are about seven described species in Pelonides.

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Pelonides:

• Pelonides granulatipennis (Schaeffer, 1904)
• Pelonides humeralis (Horn, 1868)
• Pelonides quadrinotata
• Pelonides quadripunctata (four-spotted checkered beetle)
• Pelonides quadripunctatus (Say, 1823)
• Pelonides scabripennis (LeConte, 1866)
• Pelonides similis Knull, 1938

Further reading

• Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Pelonides Kuwert (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Enopliinae). 2015. Opitz . W.. The Canadian Entomologist. 147. 5. 501–526. 10.4039/tce.2014.64.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. 2007. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-8788757675.