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Genus: | Chariessa Perty in Spix & Martius, 1830
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Chariessa ramicornis Perty in Spix & Martius, 1830
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Chariessa is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. Chariessa beetles are carnivorous and often associated with trees of the genus Quercus, likely due to a preference for lignicolous insects that live in oaks. [2]