Triplax aenea

Triplax aenea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Erotylidae
Genus: Triplax
Species:
T. aenea
Binomial name
Triplax aenea
(Schaller, 1783)
Synonyms
  • Cryptophagus aeneus (Schaller, 1783)
  • Silpha aenea Schaller, 1783
  • Silpha bicolor Marsham, 1802
  • Triplax bicolor (Marsham, 1802)
  • Tritoma aenea (Schaller, 1783)

Triplax aenea is a species of beetle of the Erotylidae family. This species is found in Europe.

Adults reach a length of about 6 mm. The elytra are greenish, but head, pronotum and legs are orange.

Triplax bicolor

A specimen of T. aenea dirtied by grease was described by Thomas Marsham in 1802 as a supposed new species Silpha bicolor, later placed in Triplax, and ultimately recognized as what it was and synonymized with T. aenea. However, the name "Triplax bicolor" has also erroneously been applied to some other members of the genus:

In addition, the names Triplax bicolorata and T.bicoloripes (now T. gracilenta) may lead to confusion with the synonym of T. aenea.

References

  1. ↑ gbif
  2. ↑ Erotylidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) of Poland – problematic taxa, updated keys and new records
  3. ↑ naturespot
  4. 1 2 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.

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