Species Tritoma unicolor

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 unicolor (Tritoma unicolor)

Explanation of Names

Tritoma unicolor Say 1826

Size

3.3-5.6 mm(1)

Range

e NA (MA-FL to ON-MN-OK)(1)(2)

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.	A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 22 February, 2008 - 3:11pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 April, 2019 - 5:21pm

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