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Species Tritoma sanguinipennis - Red-Winged Tritoma

Unmarked coccinellid (right?) - Tritoma sanguinipennis Erotylidae, dorsal - Tritoma sanguinipennis Fungus Beetles on Polyporus alveolaris - Tritoma sanguinipennis Beetle - Tritoma sanguinipennis Black and ~orange beetle - Tritoma sanguinipennis Beetle - Tritoma sanguinipennis Spotless or Polished? - Tritoma sanguinipennis Tritoma sanguinipennis? - Tritoma sanguinipennis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Erotylid series)
Family Erotylidae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles)
Subfamily Erotylinae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles)
Tribe Tritomini
Genus Tritoma
Species sanguinipennis (Red-Winged Tritoma)
Explanation of Names
Tritoma sanguinipennis (Say 1825)
sanguinipennis 'bloody-winged'
Size
3.2-5 mm(1)
Identification
the only sp. with all-pale elytra AND scutellum(2)
The only other that might be confused (T. mimetica) has black eltyral apices (Paul Skelley, 30.iv.2011)
Range
e. NA (NB-FL to ON-MN-TX)(3)(2)
Food
Polyporus alveolaris, the 'hexagonal-pored polypore'
Works Cited
1.The Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) of Nebraska
Goodrich M.A., Springer C.A. 1999. Trans. Nebr. Acad. Sci. 25: 53-71.
2.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
3.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 30 July, 2007 - 8:52pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 April, 2019 - 4:18pm

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