''Trox'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae.

Taxonomy

In recent years, scientists have revamped the taxonomy of ''Trox''. The formerly massive

, which boasted a whopping 160 species, has been cut down. Specifically, the subgenera '' Phoberus'' and '' Glyptotrox'' have been reelevated as their own separate genera, while various ''Trox'' species have been merged or otherwise combined. After taxonomic revisions, the genus ''Trox'' 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'' Pittino, 1985 *'' Trox lutosus'' (Marsham, 1802) *'' Trox maurus'' Herbst, 1790 *'' Trox minutus'' Nikolajev, 2008 *'' Trox mitis'' Balthasar, 1933 *'' Trox oustaleti'' Scudder, 1879 *'' Trox placosalinus'' 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 ''Trox variolatus'' is a beetle of the family Trogidae, the hide beetles. It is found in North America. Image:Trox variolatus variation sjh.jpg, ''Trox variolatus'' variation References

Trox, variolatus Beetles of North America Taxa ...

'' 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