Common name
Pleasing fungus beetles
Number of species
8
Size Range
2-7mm
Tarsal formula
4-4-4
5-5-5
Lobed
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Description
This family is mainly tropical or subtropical in distribution and has only eight British members. Small to medium-sized (3-6mm) elongate-oval beetles, most are red-orange and black, although Triplax spp. are metallic blue. Fungal-feeders, members of this group can be found beneath fungoid bark or in fungi on trees, particularly bracket fungi. Most species are largely nocturnal.