Placopterus thoracicus (Olivier, 1795) is a animal in the Cleridae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Placopterus thoracicus (Olivier, 1795)

Placopterus thoracicus (Olivier, 1795)

Placopterus thoracicus is a checkered beetle species from the Cleridae family found in Central and North America.

Family
Genus
Placopterus
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Placopterus thoracicus (Olivier, 1795)

Placopterus thoracicus (Olivier, 1795) is a species of checkered beetle that belongs to the family Cleridae. This species occurs in Central America and North America.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Cleridae Placopterus

More from Cleridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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