''Trox confluens'' 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. 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 Nikolajev, 2009 ...

. Within the genus ''Trox'', it is placed in the subgenus ''Granulitrox''. Though this species is disputed, with some taxonomists arguing ''T. confluens'' is merely a duplicate of ''Trox granulipennis'', the general consensus is that ''T. confluens'' and ''T. granulipennis'' are distinct. This beetle lives in Algeria, the Canary Islands, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia.

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confluens Beetles described in 1864 Taxa named by Thomas Vernon Wollaston {{Trogidae-stub