Tarsosteninae Explained

Tarsosteninae is a subfamily of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. There are at least two genera and two described species in Tarsosteninae.

Genera

These two genera belong to the subfamily Tarsosteninae:

• Paratillus Gorham, 1876
• Tarsostenus Spinola, 1844

Further reading

• The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada. 2006. Majka . Christopher G.. Zootaxa. 1385. 1. 31–46. 10.11646/zootaxa.1385.1.2.
• Comparative ecology of the genus Lecontella Wolcott and Chapin (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Tillinae), with notes on chemically defended species of the beetle family Cleridae. 2002. Mawdsley . Jonathan. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 104. 1. 164–167. 0013-8797.
• Book: American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 2002. Opitz . Weston. Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. Thomas . Michael C.. Skelley . Paul E.. Frank . J. Howard. CRC Press. Family 73: Cleridae Latreille, 1804. 267–280. 978-0-8493-0954-0.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. 2007. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-8788757675.
• Book: Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. 1861. LeConte . J. L.. Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. 136. 978-0665100550. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459.