Trox

Trox is a genus of beetles of the family Trogidae. Its species occur almost worldwide.

Trox baccatus

Trox Temporal range: Aptian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Trox variolatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Trogidae
Genus:	Trox Fabricius, 1775
Species
Trox amictus Trox howelli Trox scaber Trox variolatus many others
Diversity
c. 160 species

Species

Species within this genus include:[1]

• Trox acanthinus Harold, 1872 (Mexico)
• Trox aculeatus Harold, 1872 (South Africa)
• Trox aequalis Say, 1831 (Canada to Mexico)
• Trox affinis Robinson, 1940 (USA)
• Trox alatus Macleay, 1888 (Australia)
• Trox alius Scholtz, 1986 (Western Australia)
• Trox amictus Haaf, 1954 (Australia)
• Trox antiquus Wickham, 1909 (fossil:Latest Eocene, Florissant, USA)
• Trox aphanocephalus Scholtz, 1986 (Australia)
• Trox arcuatus Haaf, 1953 (South Africa)
• Trox atrox LeConte, 1854 (USA)
• Trox augustae Blackburn, 1892 (Australia)
• Trox boucomonti Paulian, 1933 (China, Vietnam)
• Trox braacki Scholtz, 1980 (South Africa)
• Trox brahminus Pittino, 1985 (India to Vietnam)
• Trox brincki Haaf, 1958 (Lesotho)
• Trox cadaverinus Illiger, 1801 (Europe to China)
• Trox caffer Harold, 1872 (South Africa)
• Trox cambeforti Pittino, 1985 (China)
• Trox cambodjanus Pittino, 1985 (Cambodia, Laos)
• Trox candidus Harold, 1872 (Australia)
• Trox capensis Scholtz, 1979 (South Africa)
• Trox capillaris Say, 1823 (Canada to southern USA)
• Trox carinicollis Scholtz, 1986 (Western Australia)
• Trox ciliatus Blanchard, 1846 (Argentina, Bolivia)
• Trox clathratus (Reiche, 1861) (Corsica)
• Trox conjunctus Petrovitz, 1975 (China)
• Trox consimilis Haaf, 1953 (Southern Africa)
• Trox contractus Robinson, 1940 (Texas)
• Trox coracinus Gmelin, 1788 (unknown distribution)
• Trox cotodognanensis Compte, 1986 (Spain)
• Trox cribrum Gené, 1836 (France, Sardinia)
• Trox cricetulus Ádám, 1994 (Croatia, Spain)
• Trox curvipes Harold, 1872 (Australia)
• Trox cyrtus Haaf, 1953 (South Africa)
• Trox demarzi Haaf, 1958 (Australia)
• Trox dhaulagiri Paulus, 1972 (Nepal)
• Trox dilaticollis Macleay, 1888 (Australia)
• Trox dohrni Harold, 1871 (Western Australia)
• Trox doiinthanonensis Masumoto, 1996 (Thailand)
• Trox elderi Blackburn, 1892 (South Australia)
• Trox elongatus Haaf, 1954 (Northern Australia)
• Trox erinaceus LeConte, 1854 (South Carolina)
• Trox euclensis Blackburn, 1892 (Australia)
• Trox eversmanni Krynicky, 1832 (Central Europe to Siberia)
• Trox fabricii Reiche, 1853 (Spain, Sicily to Northern Africa)
• Trox fascicularis Wiedemann, 1821 (Southern Africa)
• Trox fascifer LeConte, 1854 (California)
• Trox floridanus Howden & Vaurie, 1957 (Florida)
• Trox formosanus Nomura, 1973 (Taiwan)
• Trox foveicollis Harold, 1857 (USA)
• Trox frontera Vaurie, 1955 (Texas)
• Trox gansuensis Ren, 2003 (China)
• Trox gemmulatus Horn, 1874 (California)
• Trox gigas Harold, 1872 (Australia)
• Trox gonoderus Fairmaire, 1901 (Madagascar)
• Trox granuliceps Haaf, 1954 (Australia)
• Trox granulipennis Fairmaire, 1852 (Northern Africa to Spain and Middle East)
• Trox gunki Scholtz, 1980 (South Africa)
• Trox hamatus Robinson, 1940 (USA)
• Trox hispidus (Pontoppidan, 1763) (Europe)
• Trox horridus Fabricius, 1775 (South Africa)
• Trox howdenorum Scholtz, 1986 (Western Australia)
• Trox howelli Howden & Vaurie, 1957 (Florida, Texas)
• Trox ineptus Balthasar, 1931 (Transbaikal)
• Trox insularis Chevrolat, 1864 (Southern USA, Cuba)
• Trox kerleyi Masumoto, 1996 (Thailand)
• Trox kiuchii Masumoto, 1996 (Thailand)
• Trox klapperichi Pittino, 1983 (Turkey to Saudi Arabia, Middle East)
• Trox kyotensis Ochi & Kawahara, 2000 (Japan)
• Trox lama Pittino, 1985 (Tibet)
• Trox laticollis LeConte, 1854 (New York)
• Trox leonardii Pittino, 1983 (Spain to North Africa, Israel)
• Trox levis Haaf, 1953 (South Africa)
• Trox litoralis Pittino, 1991 (South Europe: Italy to Greece)
• Trox luridus Fabricius, 1781 (Southern Africa)
• Trox lutosus Marsham, 1802 (Great Britain)
• Trox mandli Balthasar, 1931 (Transbaikal)
• Trox mariae Scholtz, 1986 (Western Australia)
• Trox mariettae Scholtz, 1986 (North Australia)
• Trox marshalli Haaf, 1957 (Australia)
• Trox martini (Reitter, 1892) (North Africa)
• Trox matsudai Ochi & Hori, 1999 (Japan)
• Trox maurus Herbst, 1790 (unknown distribution)
• Trox montanus Kolbe, 1891 (Africa)
• Trox monteithi Scholtz, 1986 (Australia)
• Trox morticinii Pallas, 1781 (Central Asia)
• Trox mutsuensis Nomura, 1937 (Japan)
• Trox nama Kolbe, 1908 (Southern Africa)
• Trox nanniscus Peringuey, 1901 (South Africa)
• Trox nasutus Harold, 1872 (South Africa)
• Trox natalensis Haaf, 1954 (South Africa)
• Trox necopinus Scholtz, 1986 (Zambia)
• Trox niger Rossi, 1792
• Trox nigrociliatus Kolbe, 1904 (Ethiopia)
• Trox nigroscobinus Scholtz, 1986 (Western Australia)
• Trox niponensis Lewis, 1895 (Japan)
• Trox nodulosus Harold, 1872 (Sardinia, Corsica)
• Trox nohirai Nakane, 1954 (Japan)
• Trox novaecaledoniae Balthasar, 1966 (New Caledonia)
• Trox opacotuberculatus Motschulsky, 1860 (Japan, Taiwan)
• Trox oustaleti Scudder, 1879 (fossil: Eocene; Nine-mile Creek, British Columbia)
• Trox ovalis Haaf, 1957 (North Australia)
• Trox pampeanus Burmeister, 1876 (Argentina)
• Trox parvicollis Scholtz, 1986 (North Australia)
• Trox pastillarius Blanchard, 1846 (South America)
• Trox pellosomus Scholtz, 1986 (Australia)
• Trox penicillatus Fahraeus, 1857 (South Africa)
• Trox perhispidus Blackburn, 1904 (Australia)
• Trox perlatus Geoffroy, 1762 (Great Britain to Spain and Italy)
• Trox perrieri Fairmaire, 1899 (Madagascar)
• Trox perrisii Fairmaire, 1868 (Europe, North Africa)
• Trox placosalinus Ren, 2003 (China)
• Trox planicollis Haaf, 1953 (Southern Africa)
• Trox plicatus Robinson, 1940 (Southern USA)
• Trox poringensis Ochi, Kon & Kawahara, 2005 (Borneo, Java)
• Trox puncticollis Haaf, 1953 (Saudi Arabia)
• Trox pusillus Peringuey, 1908 (Africa)
• Trox quadridens Blackburn, 1892 (Australia)
• Trox quadrimaculatus Ballion, 1870 (Turkestan)
• Trox quadrinodosus Haaf, 1954 (Australia)
• Trox regalis Haaf, 1954 (Australia)
• Trox rhyparoides (Harold, 1872) (Africa)
• Trox rimulosus Haaf, 1957 (India)
• Trox robinsoni Vaurie, 1955 (Canada to Texas)
• Trox rotundulus Haaf, 1957 (Australia)
• Trox rudebecki Haaf, 1958 (South Africa)
• Trox sabulosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Great Britain to Siberia)
• Trox salebrosus Macleay, 1872 (Australia)
• Trox scaber (Linnaeus, 1767) (Holarctic, North Africa, South America, Australia)
• Trox semicostatus Macleay, 1872 (Australia)
• Trox setifer Waterhouse, 1875 (Japan)
• Trox setosipennis Blackburn, 1904 (Australia)
• Trox sonorae LeConte, 1854 (Canada to New Mexico)
• Trox sordidatus Balthasar, 1936 (Southeastern Europe)
• Trox sordidus LeConte, 1854 (Canada to Texas)
• Trox spinulosus Robinson, 1940 (USA)
• Trox squamiger Roth, 1851 (Africa, Arabia)
• Trox squamosus Macleay, 1872 (Australia, New Guinea)
• Trox stellatus Harold, 1872 (Western Australia)
• Trox strandi Balthasar, 1936 (Algeria)
• Trox striatus Melsheimer, 1846 (USA)
• Trox strigosus Haaf, 1953 (South Africa)
• Trox strzeleckensis Blackburn, 1895 (Australia)
• Trox sugayai Masumoto & Kiuchi, 1995 (Japan)
• Trox sulcatus Thunberg, 1787 (Southern Africa)
• Trox taiwanus Masumoto, Ochi & Li, 2005 (Taiwan)
• Trox talpa Fahraeus, 1857 (South Africa)
• Trox tasmanicus Blackburn, 1904 (Tasmania)
• Trox tatei Blackburn, 1892 (Australia)
• Trox terrestris Say, 1825 (USA)
• Trox tibialis Masumoto, Ochi & Li, 2005 (Taiwan)
• Trox torpidus Harold, 1872 (Central America)
• Trox transversus Reiche, 1856 (Greece, Syria, Turkey)
• Trox trilobus Haaf, 1954 (Australia, New Guinea)
• Trox tuberculatus (De Geer, 1774) (USA)
• Trox uenoi Nomura, 1961 (Japan)
• Trox unistriatus Palisot de Beauvois, 1818 (Canada to Texas)
• Trox variolatus Melsheimer, 1846 (Canada to Mexico)
• Trox villosus Haaf, 1954 (Australia)
• Trox yamayai Nakane, 1983 (Japan)
• Trox yangi Masumoto, Ochi & Li, 2005 (Taiwan)
• Trox zoufali Balthasar, 1931 (Taiwan)

Extinct species

• †Trox antiquus Wickham 1909 Florissant Formation, Colorado, Eocene
• †Trox cretaceus Nikolajev 2007 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
• †Trox minutus Nikolajev 2008 Kiya Formation, Russia, Albian
• †Trox sibericus Nikolajev 2007 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian

References

1. Biolib