Triplax festiva

Triplax festiva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Erotylidae
Genus:	Triplax
Species:	T. festiva
Binomial name
Triplax festiva Lacordaire, 1842

Triplax festiva is a species of pleasing fungus beetle in the family Erotylidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is found in North America. ^[2] Larvae develop within fungi from the genus Inonotus . ^[4]

References

1. "Triplax festiva Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
2. "Triplax festiva Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
3. "Triplax festiva Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
4. Traylor, Clayton R.; Ulyshen, Michael D.; Cornish, J. Winston; Tigreros, Gabriel; McHugh, Joseph V. (14 March 2025). "Progress toward a list of saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) in the southeastern USA". ZooKeys. 1232: 1–95. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   11976159 . PMID   40201198.

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.
• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN   978-1402062421.
• Papp, Charles S. (1984). Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.