Family Cleridae Latreille 1802 (checkered beetle)
PaleoDB taxon number: 69399
Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième 1-467
Parent taxon: Cleroidea according to J. A. Robertson et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Acanthocnemidae, Biphyllidae, Boleopsidae, Byturidae, Cervicatinius, Chaetosomatidae, Forticatinius, Lophocateridae, Mathesius, Melyridae, Peltidae, Phloiophilidae, Phycosecidae, Prionoceridae, Shartegopsis, Thanerocleridae, Trogossitidae
Subtaxa: none
Type: Clerus
Ecology: