Checkered Beetles

Cleridae Latreille, 1802

Type genus: Clerus Fabricius, 1775

(after Hangay & Zborowski 2010): Clerids are generally covered in stiff, bristly setae. The elytra are elongate and parallel-sided. The head is exerted, not deflexed and the pronotum is usually constricted at the base and apex. The eyes are laterally prominent, and the antennae are less than half the body length, and usually end in a loose 3-segmented club. The legs are elongate and robust, with well developed tarsi, of which one or two segments are lobed. Tarsal formula is 5-5-5, sometimes appearing 4-4-4.