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Thoracica Group
Triplax thoracica
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.californica, T.cuneata, T.dissimulator, T.errans, T.flavicollis, T.frosti, T.lacensis, T.mesosternalis, T.microgaster, T.puncticeps and T.wehrlei (but see below).
12 branches of this group, most-observed first
Breastplated Pleasing Fungus Beetle
speciesTriplax thoracica
Triplax flavicollis
speciesTriplax flavicollis
Triplax californica
speciesTriplax californica
Triplax dissimulator
speciesTriplax dissimulator
Triplax mesosternalis
speciesTriplax mesosternalis
Triplax frosti
speciesTriplax frosti
Triplax puncticeps
speciesTriplax puncticeps
Triplax cuneata
speciesTriplax cuneata
Red-winged Triplax
speciesTriplax errans
Triplax microgaster
speciesTriplax microgaster
Triplax wehrlei
speciesTriplax wehrlei
Triplax lacensis
speciesTriplax lacensis
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1643595.