A colourful
species with an orange pronotum and dark metallic elytra containing a
hint of blue, found in or on Bracket Fungus, especially Birch Polypore
and Horses-hoof Fungus growing on the trunks of Birch. This is very much
a species of species of both the Sherwood Forest and Clumber Park areas
of the county, being rarely reported from elsewhere, but was found at
Langford Lowfields in 2015 (Davidson, R.).
Superficially similar to Triplax aenea,
which is another common beetle of Bracket Fungus. Length around
6mm. |