Triplax

Genus of beetles

Triplax
Triplax festiva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Erotylidae
Subfamily: Erotylinae
Genus: Triplax
Herbst, 1793

Triplax is a genus of pleasing fungus beetles in the family Erotylidae. There are about 18 described species in Triplax.[1][2][3]

Species

  • Triplax alachuae Boyle, 1956
  • Triplax californica LeConte, 1854
  • Triplax cuneata Boyle, 1954
  • Triplax dissimulator (Crotch, 1873)
  • Triplax errans Boyle, 1956
  • Triplax festiva Lacordaire, 1842
  • Triplax flavicollis Lacordaire, 1842
  • Triplax frontalis Horn, 1862 (black-headed pleasing fungus beetle)
  • Triplax frosti Casey, 1924
  • Triplax lacensis Boyle, 1954
  • Triplax macra LeConte, 1854
  • Triplax marcescens Boyle, 1954
  • Triplax mesosternalis Schaeffer, 1905
  • Triplax microgaster Boyle, 1954
  • Triplax puncticeps Casey, 1916
  • Triplax thompsoni Boyle, 1962
  • Triplax thoracica Say, 1825
  • Triplax wehrlei Boyle, 1954

References

  1. ^ "Triplax Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Triplax Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Triplax Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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