Trogidae

Trox sabulosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

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

Overview of genera

Afromorgus – Glyptotrox – Madagatrox – Omorgus – Polynoncus – Trox – †Avitortor – †Cretomorgus – †Prototrox

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

Name

Trogidae MacLeay, 1819

References

• 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(1): 297–332. PDF Reference page. 
• Diéguez, V.M. 2008. Present knowledge of the Trogidae of Chile (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Revista chilena de entomología, 34: 11–28. PDF.
• Nikolajev, G.V. 2016. Taxonomic composition of the family Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of the Russian fauna. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 12(1): 81–91. PDF. (in Russian, with English abstract.) Reference page. 
• 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. Reference page. 
• 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
• Strümpher, W.P., Sole, C.L., Villet, M.H. & Scholtz, C.H. 2014. Phylogeny of the family Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequence data. Systematic Entomology 39(3): 548–562. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12074 Reference page. 
• Zídek, J. 2013: Checklist and bibliography of the Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Insecta mundi, (0314) Reference page. 

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
• 한국어: 송장풍뎅이과
• lietuvių: Smiltvabaliai
• norsk: Knokkelbiller
• русский: Падальники