Neorthopleura thoracica
(Say, 1823)
Thoracic Checkered Beetle
Neorthopleura thoracica is a of checkered beetle in the Cleridae. are predatory, specializing on wood-boring beetles. The species occurs across a broad geographic range spanning North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
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Habitat
Associated with dead wood, particularly oak. are found in these substrates where they hunt wood-boring beetles.
Distribution
Caribbean Sea region, Central America, and North America.
Diet
prey upon wood-boring beetles.
Ecological Role
of wood-boring beetles in dead wood .