Trox hispidus

Trox hispidus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae.[1]

Trox hispidus
Trox hispidus. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Trogidae
Genus:
Trox
Species:
T. hispidus
Binomial name
Trox hispidus
(Pontoppidan, 1763)
Synonyms
  • Trox arenarius Paykull, 1798
  • Trox luridus Rossi, 1790

Subspecies
  • Trox hispidus hispidus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
  • Trox hispidus mixtus Harold, 1872

Description

Trox hispidus can reach a length of 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in).[2] The dorsal surface is convex and very rough, with ridges and tubercles, dark brown in color. On the body and legs this species has pale yellowish-white bristles.[3]

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe.[4] These very rare beetles can be found in nests of birds of prey.[3]

References
  1. Biolib
  2. Beetles and Coleopterologists
  3. EB Britton - 2012 Handbooks for the identification of british insects
  4. Fauna europaea
  • Pittino, R. 1991. On some Palaearctic "taxa" allied to Trox hispidus (Pontoppidan), with a brachypterous new species from Italy, Malta, Crete and the Balkan Peninsula (Coleoptera Trogidae) (XXXIV contribution to the knowledge of Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea). Boll. Ass. romana Ent. Roma 45 (1-4): 57-87


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