Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Triplax lacordairii (Triplax lacordairii), recorded as Endangered
Triplax lacordairii (Triplax lacordairii). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Triplax lacordairii

Triplax lacordairii

Triplax lacordairii is a beetle in the family Erotylidae (order Coleoptera), recorded as Endangered and tied to France, United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Triplax lacordairii
Taxonomy
Insecta · Coleoptera · Erotylidae · Triplax

The beetle

Beetles are the largest insect order. The hard forewings (elytra) cover the flight wings; larvae and adults often eat different things.

An insect has six legs and, in winged forms, one or two pairs of wings. Most named species in this catalog are known from a type series and a locality, not from a popular field guide.

Range and habitat

This species is found in Europe and North Africa.

GBIF currently lists 474 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Life history

Life history follows the order: complete metamorphosis in moths and beetles, nymphs in grasshoppers and bugs. This page does not invent a host plant that no source named.

In crisis

Triplax lacordairii is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Triplax lacordairii — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q50387097 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Triplax lacordairii?
Triplax lacordairii is a beetle in the family Erotylidae (order Coleoptera).
What is the conservation status of Triplax lacordairii?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Triplax lacordairii. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Triplax lacordairii live?
This species is found in Europe and North Africa.
Why is Triplax lacordairii in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Triplax lacordairii?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Triplax lacordairii a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.