Chaerodes

Chaerodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Lagriinae
Genus:	Chaerodes ; White, 1846

Last updated August 15, 2025

Chaerodes is a genus of darkling beetle endemic to New Zealand. There are currently two accepted species.^[1]^[2]

Species:

Chaerodes laetus Broun, 1880
Chaerodes trachyscelides White, 1846

References

↑ "Chaerodes". New Zealand Organism Register. 2025.
↑ Watt, J. C.; Triplehorn, C. A. (1991). "A Review of the Genus Chaerodes (=Choerodes) White (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Phaleriinae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 45 (1): 86–88. ISSN 0010-065X.

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[1] "Chaerodes". New Zealand Organism Register. 2025.

[2] Watt, J. C.; Triplehorn, C. A. (1991). "A Review of the Genus Chaerodes (=Choerodes) White (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Phaleriinae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 45 (1): 86–88. ISSN 0010-065X.

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