Biology:Triplax lepida

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Short description: Species of beetle

Triplax lepida
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Erotylidae
Genus: Triplax
Species:
T. lepida
Binomial name
Triplax lepida
(Faldermann, 1837)[1]
Synonyms

Ischyrus lepidus Faldermann, 1837
Tritoma lepida (Faldermann, 1837)

Triplax lepida is a species of beetle of the Erotylidae family. This species is found in Europe.[2]

A color morph clarissima of a Triplax species was described by Roubal in 1937; it was initially assigned to T.lepida, but eventually identified as variant of T.scutellaris.[3]

References

  1. ↑ gbif
  2. ↑ Erotylidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) of Poland – problematic taxa, updated keys and new records
  3. ↑ Chûjô, Michio, Michio & Chûjô, Michitaka (1990): A catalog of the Erotylidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) from the old world (excl. the Ethiopian region III. Esakia 29: 1-67. PDF fulltext.

Further reading

  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675. 


Wikidata ☰ Q50387098 entry