Tritomini Explained

Tritomini is a tribe of pleasing fungus beetles in the family Erotylidae. There are about 7 genera and at least 30 described species in Tritomini.^{[1] [2]}

Genera

These seven genera belong to the tribe Tritomini:

• Haematochiton Gorham, 1888
• Hirsutotriplax Skelley, 1993
• Ischyrus Lacordaire, 1842
• Mycotretus Lacordaire, 1842
• Pseudischyrus Casey, 1916
• Triplax Herbst, 1793
• Tritoma Fabricius, 1775

Further reading

• Book: Blatchley . W.S.. 1910. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub..
• Boyle . W. Wayne. 1956. A revision of the Erotylidae of America North of Mexico (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 110. 2. 61–172.
• Book: Crotch . G.R.. 1873. Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency. 10.5962/bhl.title.38811. 0665070772.
• Book: Evans . Arthur V.. Hogue . James N.. 2006. Field Guide to Beetles of California. University of California Press. 978-0520246577.
• Klimaszewski . Jan. Watt . J.Charles. 1997. Coleoptera: family-group review and keys to identification. Fauna of New Zealand. 37.
• Book: Lawrence . J.F.. Newton Jr. . A.F.. Pakaluk . James. Slipinski . Stanislaw Adam. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. 2. 779–1006. 83-85192-34-4.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections . 3 . 136. Smithsonian Institution. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Book: Leng . Charles W.. 1920. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.. 10.5962/bhl.title.8777. free.
• Leschen . Richard A.B.. 2003. Erotylidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cucujoidea): phylogeny and review. Fauna of New Zealand. 47.
• Lord . Nathan Patrick. Hartley . Christopher S.. Lawrence . John F.. McHugh . Joseph V.. Whiting . Michael. Miller . Kelly. 4. 2010. Phylogenetic analysis of the minute brown scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Latridiidae), and recognition of a new beetle family, Akalyptoischiidae fam. n. (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Systematic Entomology. 35. 4. 753–763. 0307-6970. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00532.x.
• Book: Skelley . Paul E.. McHugh . Joseph V.. Arnett Jr. . R. Jr.. Thomas . M.. Skelley . P.. Frank . J.. 2002. Family 87. Erotylidae Leach 1815. American Beetles vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 348–355. 0-8493-0954-9.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

External links

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tritomini Tribe Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-03-05.
2. Web site: Tritomini Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-03-05.