Triplax

Triplax
Triplax festiva
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
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 aenea (Schaller, 1783)
• Triplax akbesiana Escalera, 1925
• Triplax alachuae Boyle, 1956
• Triplax andreinii Pic, 1930
• Triplax atripennis Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1975
• Triplax atroguttata (Araki, 1943)
• Triplax bedeli Reitter, 1888
• Triplax bicolorata (Chujo, 1941)
• Triplax breviscutata Fairmaire, 1868
• Triplax bussleri
• Triplax californica LeConte, 1854
• Triplax carpathica Reitter, 1890
• Triplax castanea Peyerimhoff, 1925
• Triplax collaris (Schaller, 1783)
• Triplax contienensis Alekseev, 2014
• Triplax cuneata Boyle, 1954
• Triplax cyanescens Bedel, 1868
• Triplax dissimulator (Crotch, 1873)
• Triplax elongata Lacordaire, 1842
• Triplax emgei Reitter, 1885
• 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 horni (Chujo, 1941)
• Triplax hurusyoi (Chujo, 1941)
• Triplax lacensis Boyle, 1954
• Triplax lacordairii Crotch, 1870
• Triplax lepida (Faldermann, 1837)
• Triplax macra LeConte, 1854
• Triplax marcescens Boyle, 1954
• Triplax marseuli Bedel, 1868
• Triplax melanocephala (Latreille, 1804)
• Triplax mesosternalis Schaeffer, 1905
• Triplax microgaster Boyle, 1954
• Triplax paganetti Obenberger, 1914
• Triplax puncticeps Casey, 1916
• Triplax pygmaea Kraatz, 1872
• Triplax quadrinotata (Araki, 1943)
• Triplax rudis Reitter, 1887
• Triplax rufipes (Fabricius, 1787)
• Triplax russica (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Triplax scutellaris Charpentier, 1825
• Triplax subcylindrica Reitter, 1895
• Triplax takabayashii Nakane, 1966
• Triplax takashii Nakane, 1966
• Triplax tergestana Reitter, 1881
• Triplax thompsoni Boyle, 1962
• Triplax thoracica Say, 1825
• Triplax trimaculata (Chujo, 1941)
• 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.