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Genus Tritoma

Representative Images

Black Beetle - Tritoma erythrocephala And the answer is... - Tritoma unicolor Tritoma erythrocephala? - Tritoma angulata Tritoma humeralis - male 2nd specimen from trap in upland pine; possibly Tritoma tenebrosa... stay tuned - Tritoma tenebrosa Beetle reared from rotting Armillaria. Triplax? - Tritoma atriventris Beetle - Tritoma humeralis Pleasing Fungus Beetle Tritoma biguttata? - Tritoma biguttata

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

Explanation of Names

Tritoma Fabricius 1775
Greek 'three-segmented'

Numbers

11 spp. in our area(1)

Range

Holarctic; in our area, e. NA only, with 5 spp. ranging into Canada(1)(2)

Works Cited

1.Skelley P.E. (2001) Pleasing fungus beetles of North America: Family Erotylidae
2.Insects of Ojibway Prairie, a southern Ontario tallgrass prairie
Paiero S.M., Marshall S.A., Pratt P.D., Buck M. 2010. Shorthouse J.D., Floate K.D. (Eds.) Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands, Vol. 1: 199-225.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 1 February, 2006 - 8:21pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 9 June, 2015 - 10:28am

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