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Triplax lepida
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. lepida
Binomial name
Triplax lepida
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

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  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

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  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.