''Trox'' is a

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hide beetle Trogidae, sometimes called hide beetles, is a family of beetles with a distinctive warty or bumpy appearance. Found worldwide, the family includes about 300 species contained in four or five genera. Trogids range in length from 2 to 20 mm. Thei ...

in the subfamily

Troginae ''Troginae'' is a subfamily of beetles in the family Trogidae which includes extant species and extinct beetle species from the Lower Cretaceous. The subfamily contains the following genera: * Glyptotrox Nikolajev, 2016 *Paratrox ''Paratrox ...

Taxonomy

The

formerly included 160 species, but the

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'' Phoberus'' and '' Glyptotrox'' have been elevated as their own separate genera, while various ''Trox'' species have been merged or otherwise combined, giving a considerably smaller genus. The genus ''Trox'' now contains three subgenera - ''Trox (Trox)'', ''Trox (Niditrox)'', and ''Trox (Granulitrox)'' -, with the following species:

Subgenus ''Trox''

*'' Trox acanthinus'' Harold, 1872 *'' Trox antiquus'' Wickham, 1909 *'' Trox cadaverinus'' Illiger, 1802 *'' Trox capillaris'' Say, 1824 *'' Trox contractus'' Robinson, 1940 *'' Trox coracinus'' Gmelin, 1788 *'' Trox cretaceus'' Nikolajev, 2007 *'' Trox floridanus'' Howden & Vaurie, 1957 *'' Trox gansuensis'' Ren, 2003 *'' Trox gemmulatus'' Horn, 1874 *'' Trox horiguchii'' Ochi & Kawahara, 2002 *''

Trox lama ''Trox lama'' is a species of hide beetle Trogidae, sometimes called hide beetles, is a family of beetles with a distinctive warty or bumpy appearance. Found worldwide, the family includes about 300 species contained in four or five genera. ...

'' Pittino, 1985 *'' Trox lutosus'' (Marsham, 1802) *'' Trox maurus'' Herbst, 1790 *'' Trox minutus'' Nikolajev, 2008 *'' Trox mitis'' Balthasar, 1933 *'' Trox oustaleti'' Scudder, 1879 *''

Trox placosalinus ''Trox placosalinus'' is a species of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae. Within the genus ''Trox'', it is placed in the core subgenus ''Trox''. References

Trox, placosalinus Beetles described in 2003 {{Trogidae-stub ...

'' Ren, 2003 *'' Trox plicatus'' Robinson, 1940 *'' Trox robinsoni'' Vaurie, 1955 *'' Trox sabulosus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Trox setifer'' Waterhouse, 1875 *'' Trox sibericus'' Nikolajev, 2007 *'' Trox sonorae'' LeConte, 1854 *'' Trox sordidus'' LeConte, 1854 *'' Trox stellatus'' Harold, 1872 *'' Trox striatus'' Melsheimer, 1846 *'' Trox torpidus'' Harold, 1872 *'' Trox tuberculatus'' De Geer, 1774 * Trox unistriatus Palisot de Beauvois, 1818 *'' Trox ussuriensis'' Balthasar, 1931 *'' Trox variolatus'' Melsheimer, 1846

Subgenus ''Niditrox''

*'' Trox aequalis'' Say, 1831 *'' Trox affinis'' Robinson, 1940 *'' Trox atrox'' LeConte, 1854 *'' Trox eversmanni'' Krynicky, 1832 *'' Trox fascifer'' LeConte, 1854 *'' Trox koreanus'' Kim, 1991 *'' Trox kyotensis'' Ochi & Kawahara, 2000 *'' Trox laticollis'' LeConte, 1854 *'' Trox nohirai'' Nakane, 1954 *'' Trox perrisii'' Fairmaire, 1868 *'' Trox scaber'' (Linnaeus, 1767) *'' Trox zoufali'' Balthasar, 1931

Subgenus ''Granulitrox''

*'' Trox aproximans'' Escalera, 1914 *'' Trox clathratus'' Reiche, 1861 *'' Trox confluens'' Wollaston, 1864 *'' Trox cotodognanensis'' Compte, 1986 *'' Trox cribrum'' Gené, 1836 *'' Trox cyrenaicus'' Pittino, 2011 *'' Trox elkantaraensis'' Pittino, 2011 *'' Trox eximius'' Faldermann, 1835 *'' Trox fabricii'' Reiche, 1853 *'' Trox granulipennis'' Fairmaire, 1852 *'' Trox hispanicus'' Harold, 1872 *'' Trox hispidus'' (Pontoppidan, 1763) *'' Trox iranicus'' Petrovitz, 1980 *'' Trox klapperichi'' Pittino, 1983 *'' Trox leonardii'' Pittino, 1983 *'' Trox litoralis'' Pittino, 1991 *'' Trox martini'' Reitter, 1892 *'' Trox mixtus'' Harold, 1872 *'' Trox morticinii'' Pallas, 1781 *'' Trox niger'' Rossi, 1792 *'' Trox nodulosus'' Harold, 1872 *'' Trox perlatus'' Geoffroy, 1762 *'' Trox quadrimaculatus'' Ballion, 1870 *'' Trox sordidatus'' Balthasar, 1936 *'' Trox strandi'' Balthasar, 1936 *'' Trox transversus'' Reiche, 1856

''Incertae sedis''

*'' Trox cricetulus'' Ádám, 1994

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7846696 Trogidae Scarabaeoidea genera Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius