Chariessa (Opitz, 2017)

Chapman, Eric G., Leavengood, John M. & Dupuis, Julian R., 2025, The Cleridae and Thanerocleridae of eastern North America, with illustrated keys, updated distributions, and special emphasis on the Kentucky fauna, Zootaxa 5639 (1), pp. 1-88 : 20

Key to species of Chariessa ( Korynetinae ) in eastern North America

1. Pronotal vittae (longitudinal stripes) thick, subparallel, the space between the vittae much narrower than the width of a single vitta ( A)....................................................................... Chariessa pilosa (Forster)

1’. Pronotal vittae thin, arched outward at the middle, the space between the vittae at middle much wider than the width of a single vitta ( B); only known from south Florida (Dade and Monroe counties)................... Chariessa floridana Schaeffer