Triplax aenea (Schaller, 1783)
(a shiny fungus beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTriplax aenea (a shiny fungus beetle)
GenusTriplax (a genus of shiny fungus beetles)
FamilyEROTYLIDAE (shiny fungus beetles)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Triplax aenea (a shiny fungus beetle) :
1: Triplax aenea (a shiny fungus beetle)
8 Jun 2014 OSGR: SU20 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
shaken from withered Oyster Fungi on fallen Beech trunk
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - magnified - white background (2)Image 3: Adult - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Adult - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Adult - ventral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 6: Adult - antenna - anterior view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 7: Adult - head, mouthparts, antenna, thorax - anterior view - microscope low magnification - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hodges, D. & Murray, D. WCG - website of the Watford Coleoptera Group thewcg.org.uk/

Triplax aenea (a shiny fungus beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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