†Triplax petrefacta Wickham 1916 (pleasing fungus beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Erotylidae
Alternative combination: Tritoma petrefacta
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1916. New fossil Coleoptera from the Florissant beds. Bulletins from the Laboratory of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 7(3):3-20
Belongs to Triplax according to O. Keller and P. E. Skelley 2019
See also Wickham 1916 and Wickham 1920
Sister taxa: Triplax contienensis, Triplax diluviana, Triplax materna, Triplax submersa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Wilson Ranch, Florissant
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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