Breastplated Pleasing Fungus Beetle

Triplax thoracica

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Erotylidae

Triplax thoracica, the breast-plated triplax or breast-plated pleasing fungus beetle, is a North American species of small pleasing fungus beetle (family Erotylidae). It is placed in subfamily Tritominae (formerly Triplacinae), or – in taxonomic arrangements that prefer a more comprehensive subfamily Erotylinae – in tribe Tritomini of the Erotylinae. It is suspected to form a large cryptic species complex with its relatives T.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 20Canada · 8

Sources and credits

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Breastplated Pleasing Fungus Beetle

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