Darkling Tritoma

Tritoma tenebrosa

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Erotylidae

Tritoma tenebrosa, the darkling tritoma, is a species of small pleasing fungus beetle (family Erotylidae) endemic to the USA. It belongs to subfamily Tritominae, or – in taxonomic arrangements that prefer a more comprehensive subfamily Erotylinae – in tribe Tritomini of the Erotylinae. Description Even though the darkling tritoma is among the larger Tritoma species, it is still a tiny beetle, about 3.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1

Sources and credits

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Darkling Tritoma

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