Summary description from Wikipedia:

Trichodes ornatus in languages:

English

Common Checkered Beetle

English

Ornate Checkered Beetle

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Parent Taxon

• Trichodes

Sibling Taxa

• Trichodes affinis
• Trichodes albanicus
• Trichodes alberi
• Trichodes alvearius
• Trichodes ammios
• Trichodes angustifrons
• Trichodes apiarius
• Trichodes apivorus
• Trichodes aulicus
• Trichodes axillaris
• Trichodes bibalteatus
• Trichodes bicinctus
• Trichodes bimaculatus
• Trichodes crabroniformis
• Trichodes creticus
• Trichodes favarius
• Trichodes flavocinctus
• Trichodes ganglbaueri
• Trichodes graecus
• Trichodes hauseri
• Trichodes holtzi
• Trichodes ircutensis
• Trichodes laminatus
• Trichodes lepidus
• Trichodes leucopsideus
• Trichodes longissimus
• Trichodes nobilis
• Trichodes nuttalli
• Trichodes octopunctatus
• Trichodes oregonensis
• Trichodes oresterus
• Trichodes ornatus
• Trichodes penicillatus
• Trichodes peninsularis
• Trichodes punctatus
• Trichodes quadriguttatus
• Trichodes reichei
• Trichodes similis
• Trichodes simulator
• Trichodes sinae
• Trichodes sipylus
• Trichodes spectabilis
• Trichodes syriacus
• Trichodes tugelanus
• Trichodes umbellatarum
• Trichodes viridiaureus

Child Taxa

• Trichodes ornatus bonnevillensis
• Trichodes ornatus douglasianus
• Trichodes ornatus hartwegianus
• Trichodes ornatus ornatus
• Trichodes ornatus tenellus
• Trichodes ornatus tenuosus

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