Triplax aenea (Schaller, 1783)

Ruta, Rafal, Jaloszynski, Pawel, Sienkiewicz, Pawel & Konwerski, Szymon, 2011, Erotylidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) of Poland - problematic taxa, updated keys and new records, ZooKeys 134, pp. 1-13 : 3-4

Triplax aenea (Schaller, 1783) Figs 314

Material examined.

Baltic Coast: Lubin (VV66), Wolin Is., 3 V 1991, 5 exx., leg. MW [MNHW]. Pomeranian Lake District*: Szczecin (VV71), 2 VI 2004, 2 exx. caught in sticky trap on Aesculus hippocastanum in city park “Ogród Dendrologiczny im. Stefana Kownasa", leg. SK [SK], 3 VI 2004, 3 exx. under bark of a rotten trunk in city park "Park im. Fryderyka Chopina", leg. SK [SK]; Stara Rudnica (VU45) ad Cedynia, 29 IV 2010, 1 ex. on freshly cut poplar, moist meadow, leg. PJ [PJ]. Podlasie*: Sobibór (FC80) ad Włodawa, ad Bug river (sifted), 28 VII 2001, 1 ex., leg. MW [MNHW]. Białowieża Primeval Forest: Białowieża (FD94), meadows near N.P. 13 VI 1983, 3 exx., leg. MW [MNHW]; Białowieża N.P. (FD94), 15-27 VI 1991, 1 ex., leg. LB [LBJK], f. sec. 398, 27 VI 1991, 1 ex., leg. MW [MNHW]. Lower Silesia: Wrocław-Świniary (XS37), 27 IV 1991, 4 exx., leg. LB [LBJK]. Kraków-Wieluń Upland: Ojcowski N.P., Chełmowa Góra (DA16), 13 VI -1 VII 2004, 1 ex., leg. LBU [RR]. Roztocze*: Bukowa Góra nat. res. (FB30), 21 IX 1987, 3 exx., 9 VI 1988, 2 exx., 12 VI 1989, 3 exx., 17 VI 1989, 1 ex., leg. LB [LBJK], 22-23 VI 1990, 2 exx., leg. JK [LBJK]. Bieszczady Mts.: Wetlina PGR (FV04), 20 VII 1994, 4 exx., 22 VII 1994, 2 exx., leg. LB [LBJK]; Wetlina-Jawornik (FV04), 22 VII 1968, 1 ex., leg. K. Smulikowski [MIZ].

One of the most common Triplax species in Poland, but previously not recorded from several districts.