Trox
Encyclopedia
Trox is a genus
of beetle
s of the Family Trogidae.
Its species occur almost worldwide.
Trox oustaleti Scudder
, 1879 (fossil: eocene; Nine-mile Creek, British Columbia
)
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of beetle
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
s of the Family Trogidae.
Its species occur almost worldwide.
Species
- Trox acanthinus Harold, 1872 (Mexico)
- Trox aculeatus Harold, 1872 (South Africa)
- Trox aequalisTrox aequalisTrox aequalis is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
Say, 1831 (Canada to Mexico) - Trox affinisTrox affinisTrox affinis is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
Robinson, 1940 (USA) - Trox alatus Macleay, 1888 (Australia)
- Trox alius Scholtz, 1986 (Western Australia)
- Trox amictus Haaf, 1954 (Australia)
- Trox antiquus Wickham, 1909 (fossil:oligoceneOligoceneThe Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present . As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are slightly...
, FlorissantFlorissant Fossil Beds National MonumentFlorissant Fossil Beds National Monument is a United States National Monument in Teller County, Colorado, that is noted for its fossils. It is located in a mountain valley just west of Pikes Peak and holds spectacular remnants of prehistoric life...
, USA) - Trox aphanocephalus Scholtz, 1986 (Australia)
- Trox arcuatus Haaf, 1953 (South Africa)
- Trox atroxTrox atroxTrox atrox is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
LeConteJohn Lawrence LeConteJohn Lawrence LeConte was the most important American entomologist of the 19th century, responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxa known in the United States during his lifetime, including some 5,000 species of beetles...
, 1854 (USA) - Trox augustae BlackburnThomas Blackburn (entomologist)Thomas Blackburn was an English-born Australian entomologist who specialized in the study of beetles.Born near Liverpool, England, Blackburn became interested in entomology in his youth...
, 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 capillarisTrox capillarisTrox capillaris is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
Say, 1823 (Canada to southern USA) - Trox carinicollis Scholtz, 1986 (Western Australia)
- Trox ciliatus Blanchard, 1846 (Argentina, Bolivia)
- Trox clathratus (ReicheLouis Jérôme ReicheLouis Jérôme Reiche , was a French merchant, manufacturer and entomologist.Reiche travelled widely in Europe making a large insect collection principally of beetles...
, 1861) (CorsicaCorsicaCorsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
) - Trox conjunctus Petrovitz, 1975 (China)
- Trox consimilis Haaf, 1953 (Southern Africa)
- Trox contractusTrox contractusTrox contractus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
Robinson, 1940 (Texas) - Trox coracinus GmelinJohann Friedrich GmelinJohann Friedrich Gmelin was a German naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist and malacologist.- Education :Johann Friedrich Gmelin was born as the eldest son of Philipp Friedrich Gmelin in 1748 in Tübingen...
, 1788 (unknown distribution) - Trox cotodognanensis Compte, 1986 (Spain)
- Trox cribrum GenéGiuseppe GenéCarlo Giuseppe Géné was an Italian naturalist and author.Géné was born at Turbigo in Lombardy and studied at the University of Pavia. He published a number of papers on natural history, particularly entomology...
, 1836 (France, SardiniaSardiniaSardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
) - Trox cricetulus Ádám, 1994 (CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, 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 foveicollisTrox foveicollisTrox foveicollis is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
Harold, 1857 (USA) - Trox fronteraTrox fronteraTrox frontera is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
Vaurie, 1955 (Texas) - Trox gansuensis Ren, 2003 (China)
- Trox gemmulatusTrox gemmulatusTrox gemmulatus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
HornGeorge Henry HornGeorge Henry Horn was a U.S. entomologist who specialized in the study of beetles.Born in Philadelphia, Horn attended the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated with a degree in medicine in 1861...
, 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 hamatusTrox hamatusTrox hamatus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
Robinson, 1940 (USA) - Trox hispidus (PontoppidanErik PontoppidanErik Pontoppidan was a Danish author, bishop, historian and antiquary, born in Aarhus August 24, 1698; died in Copenhagen December 20, 1764. He was educated in Fredericia , after which he was a private tutor in Norway, and then studied in Holland, and in London and Oxford, England...
, 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 (TransbaikalTransbaikalTransbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia , or Dauria is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" Lake Baikal in Russia. The alternative name, Dauria, is derived from the ethnonym of the Daur people. It stretches for almost 1000 km from north to south from the Patomskoye Plateau and North...
) - Trox insularis ChevrolatLouis Alexandre Auguste ChevrolatLouis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat was a French entomologist, born 29 March 1799 at Paris and died16 December 1884 in the same city.In government service in Paris, this amateur entomologist studied, mainly, Coleoptera and birds...
, 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 MarshamThomas MarshamThomas Marsham was an English entomologist, specializing on beetles.- Biography :He married a Miss Symes of Ufford, Northants, and had two daughters...
, 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 (ReitterEdmund ReitterEdmund Reitter was a Austrian entomologist , writer and a collector.Edmund Reitter was above all well-known as an expert on the beetles of the Palaearctic....
, 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 PallasPeter Simon PallasPeter Simon Pallas was a German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia.- Life and work :Pallas was born in Berlin, the son of Professor of Surgery Simon Pallas. He studied with private tutors and took an interest in natural history, later attending the University of Halle and the University...
, 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 CaledoniaNew CaledoniaNew Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
) - Trox opacotuberculatus Motschulsky, 1860 (Japan, Taiwan)
Trox oustaleti Scudder
Samuel Hubbard Scudder
Samuel Hubbard Scudder was an American entomologist and palaeontologist.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Scudder may be most widely known for his essay on the importance of first-hand, careful observation in the natural sciences...
, 1879 (fossil: eocene; Nine-mile Creek, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
)
- 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 GeoffroyÉtienne Louis GeoffroyÉtienne Louis Geoffroy was a French entomologist and pharmacist. He was born in Paris and died in Soissons. He followed the binomial nomenclature of Carl von Linné and devoted himself mainly to beetles....
, 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 plicatusTrox plicatusTrox plicatus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
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 (TurkestanTurkestanTurkestan, spelled also as Turkistan, literally means "Land of the Turks".The term Turkestan is of Persian origin and has never been in use to denote a single nation. It was first used by Persian geographers to describe the place of Turkish peoples...
) - Trox quadrinodosus Haaf, 1954 (Australia)
- Trox regalis Haaf, 1954 (Australia)
- Trox rhyparoidesTrox rhyparoidesTrox rhyparoides is a beetle of the Family Trogidae. It is endemic to Africa....
(Harold, 1872) (Africa) - Trox rimulosus Haaf, 1957 (India)
- Trox robinsoniTrox robinsoniTrox robinsoni is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
Vaurie, 1955 (Canada to Texas) - Trox rotundulus Haaf, 1957 (Australia)
- Trox rudebeckiTrox rudebeckiTrox rudebecki is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
Haaf, 1958 (South Africa) - Trox sabulosus (LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758) (Great Britain to Siberia) - Trox salebrosus Macleay, 1872 (Australia)
- Trox scaberTrox scaberTrox scaber is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
(Linnaeus, 1767) (Holarctic, North Africa, South America, Australia) - Trox semicostatus Macleay, 1872 (Australia)
- Trox setifer WaterhouseFrederick George WaterhouseFrederick George Waterhouse was an English naturalist, zoologist and entomologist who made significant contributions to the study of the natural history of Australia....
, 1875 (Japan) - Trox setosipennis Blackburn, 1904 (Australia)
- Trox sonoraeTrox sonoraeTrox sonorae is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
LeConte, 1854 (Canada to New Mexico) - Trox sordidatus Balthasar, 1936 (Southeastern Europe)
- Trox sordidusTrox sordidusTrox sordidus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
LeConte, 1854 (Canada to Texas) - Trox spinulosusTrox spinulosusTrox spinulosus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
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 striatusTrox striatusTrox striatus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
MelsheimerFrederick Ernst MelsheimerFrederick Ernst Melsheimer, M.D. was an American entomologist noted for his work on Coleoptera. He was President of the American Entomological Society in 1853. Frederick Ernest Melsheimer's most important work was Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of the United States...
, 1846 (USA) - Trox strigosus Haaf, 1953 (South Africa)
- Trox strzeleckensis Blackburn, 1895 (Australia)
- Trox sugayai Masumoto & Kiuchi, 1995 (Japan)
- Trox sulcatusTrox sulcatusTrox sulcatus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
ThunbergCarl Peter ThunbergCarl Peter Thunberg aka Carl Pehr Thunberg aka Carl Per Thunberg was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. He has been called "the father of South African botany" and the "Japanese Linnaeus"....
, 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 terrestrisTrox terrestrisTrox terrestris is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
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 tuberculatusTrox tuberculatusTrox tuberculatus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
(De GeerCharles De GeerBaron Charles de Geer was a Swedish industrialist and entomologist.- Life :...
, 1774) (USA) - Trox uenoi Nomura, 1961 (Japan)
- Trox unistriatusTrox unistriatusTrox unistriatus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
Palisot de Beauvois, 1818 (Canada to Texas) - Trox variolatusTrox variolatusTrox variolatus is a beetle of the Family Trogidae....
MelsheimerFrederick Ernst MelsheimerFrederick Ernst Melsheimer, M.D. was an American entomologist noted for his work on Coleoptera. He was President of the American Entomological Society in 1853. Frederick Ernest Melsheimer's most important work was Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of the United States...
, 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)