Trogidae

Trox sabulosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

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Familia: Trogidae
Subfamiliae: Troginae - †Avitortorinae - †Prototroginae

Overview of genera (8)

Afromorgus - Madagatrox - Omorgus - Polynoncus - Trox - †Avitortor - †Cretomorgus - †Prototrox

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist, plus (3) Madagatrox - †Avitortor - †Cretomorgus]

Name

• Trogidae MacLeay, 1819

References

cited sources

• Smith, A.B.T. 2006: A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections to nomenclature and a current classification. Coleopterists Society monograph, 5: 144–204. doi: 10.1649/0010-065X(2006)60[144:AROTFN]2.0.CO;2 PDF

additional references

• Bezděk, A.; Hájek, J. 2009: Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic. Scarabaeoidea: Bolboceratidae, Geotrupidae, Glaphyridae, Hybosoridae, Ochodaeidae and Trogidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 49: 297-332. PDF
• Diéguez, V.M. 2008: Present knowledge of the Trogidae of Chile (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Revista chilena de entomología, 34: 11-28. PDF

• Pittino, R. 2010: A new genus and species of Trogidae MacLeay, 1819 from Madagascar, and a new species of Omorgus Erichson, 1847 from Argentina (Coleoptera, Trogidae). Kogane, (11): 75-83. [publication date: 'Aug. 2010', sourced from first page of article] ZooBank
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• Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2006
  ISBN 87-88757-59-5, p.79
• Scholtz, C.H. 1982: Catalogue of world Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Entomology memoir Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Republic of South Africa, 54: 1-27.
• Scholtz, C.H. 1986: Phylogeny and systematics of the Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Systematic entomology, 11: 355-363. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1986.tb00186.x
• Scholtz, C.H. 1990: Revision of the Trogidae of South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Journal of natural history, 24(6): 1391-1456. doi: 10.1080/00222939000770841

links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Trogidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Tree of Life Web Project. 2007. Trogidae. Hide beetles. Version 02 May 2007 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Family Trogidae (atlas of beetles of Russia)

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Erdkäfer
English: hide beetles
Lietuvių: Smiltvabaliai
‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Knokkelbiller
Русский: Падальники